Calculate Sum of All Matrix Objects in a List in R (Example Code)

In this post, I’ll illustrate how to calculate the sum of all matrix objects in a list in the R programming language.

Example Data

x <- list(matrix(1:9, nrow = 3),    # Construct list of matrix objects
          matrix(2:10, nrow = 3),
          matrix(3:11, nrow = 3),
          matrix(4:12, nrow = 3))
x
# [[1]]
#      [,1] [,2] [,3]
# [1,]    1    4    7
# [2,]    2    5    8
# [3,]    3    6    9
# 
# [[2]]
#      [,1] [,2] [,3]
# [1,]    2    5    8
# [2,]    3    6    9
# [3,]    4    7   10
# 
# [[3]]
#      [,1] [,2] [,3]
# [1,]    3    6    9
# [2,]    4    7   10
# [3,]    5    8   11
# 
# [[4]]
#      [,1] [,2] [,3]
# [1,]    4    7   10
# [2,]    5    8   11
# [3,]    6    9   12

Example: Calculating the Sum of Matrices in a List Using the Reduce() Function

Reduce("+", x)                      # Get sum of all matrices
#      [,1] [,2] [,3]
# [1,]   10   22   34
# [2,]   14   26   38
# [3,]   18   30   42

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