file.exists("C:/Explore/r-basics/Data/class_x.rdata") load("C:/Explore/r-basics/Data/class_x.rdata") class <- class_x is.data.frame(class) some_vars <-names(class) %in% c("height", "weight") class_df <- class[some_vars] is.data.frame(class_df) sapply_output <- sapply(class_df, mean) is.vector(sapply_output) sapply_output ################### lapply_output = lapply(class_df, mean) is.list(lapply_output) lapply_output lapply_output[[2]]