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Parallelize a function

Usage

parallelize_fun(x, fun, cores = 1, export_fun = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

x

A vector or list to apply over.

fun

The function to be applied to each element.

cores

The number of cores to use for parallelization with foreach. Default is 1.

export_fun

The functions to export the function to workers.

verbose

Logical value, default is TRUE. Whether to print progress messages.

Value

A list of computed results

Examples

parallelize_fun(1:3, function(x) x^2)
#>  [2025-06-17 13:26:33] Using 1 core
#>  [2025-06-17 13:26:33] Elapsed 0.00 sec
#> $`1`
#> [1] 1
#> 
#> $`2`
#> [1] 4
#> 
#> $`3`
#> [1] 9
#> 
parallelize_fun(list(1, 2, 3), function(x) x^2)
#>  [2025-06-17 13:26:33] Using 1 core
#>  [2025-06-17 13:26:33] Elapsed 0.00 sec
#> $`1`
#> [1] 1
#> 
#> $`2`
#> [1] 4
#> 
#> $`3`
#> [1] 9
#>