Calculate the Sum of Matrix or Array columns in R Programming - colSums() Function Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report colSums() function in R Language is used to compute the sums of matrix or array columns. Syntax: colSums (x, na.rm = FALSE, dims = 1) Parameters: x: matrix or array dims: this is integer value whose dimensions are regarded as ‘columns’ to sum over. It is over dimensions 1:dims. Example 1: Python3 # R program to illustrate # colSums function # Initializing a matrix with 3 # rows and 3 columns x <- matrix(rep(1:9), 3, 3) # Getting the matrix representation x # Calling the colSums() function colSums(x) Output: [, 1] [, 2] [, 3] [1, ] 1 4 7 [2, ] 2 5 8 [3, ] 3 6 9 [1] 6 15 24 Example 2: Python3 # R program to illustrate # colSums function # Initializing a 3D array x <- array(1:12, c(2, 3, 3)) # Getting the array representation x # Calling the colSums() function colSums(x, dims = 1) colSums(x, dims = 2) Output: ,, 1 [, 1] [, 2] [, 3] [1, ] 1 3 5 [2, ] 2 4 6,, 2 [, 1] [, 2] [, 3] [1, ] 7 9 11 [2, ] 8 10 12,, 3 [, 1] [, 2] [, 3] [1, ] 1 3 5 [2, ] 2 4 6 [, 1] [, 2] [, 3] [1, ] 3 15 3 [2, ] 7 19 7 [3, ] 11 23 11 [1] 21 57 21 Create Quiz Comment K Kanchan_Ray Follow 0 Improve K Kanchan_Ray Follow 0 Improve Article Tags : R Language R Matrix-Function Explore IntroductionR Programming Language - Introduction 4 min read Interesting Facts about R Programming Language 4 min read R vs Python 5 min read Environments in R Programming 3 min read Introduction to R Studio 4 min read How to Install R and R Studio? 4 min read Creation and Execution of R File in R Studio 5 min read Clear the Console and the Environment in R Studio 2 min read Hello World in R Programming 2 min read Fundamentals of RBasic Syntax in R Programming 3 min read Comments in R 3 min read R-Operators 5 min read R-Keywords 2 min read R-Data Types 5 min read VariablesR Variables - Creating, Naming and Using Variables in R 5 min read Scope of Variable in R 5 min read Dynamic Scoping in R Programming 5 min read Lexical Scoping in R Programming 4 min read Input/OutputTaking Input from User in R Programming 7 min read Printing Output of an R Program 4 min read Print the Argument to the Screen in R Programming - print() Function 2 min read Control FlowControl Statements in R Programming 4 min read Decision Making in R Programming - if, if-else, if-else-if ladder, nested if-else, and switch 3 min read Switch case in R 2 min read For loop in R 5 min read R - while loop 5 min read R - Repeat loop 2 min read goto statement in R Programming 2 min read Break and Next statements in R 3 min read FunctionsFunctions in R Programming 5 min read Function Arguments in R Programming 4 min read Types of Functions in R Programming 6 min read Recursive Functions in R Programming 4 min read Conversion Functions in R Programming 4 min read Data StructuresData Structures in R Programming 4 min read R Strings 6 min read R-Vectors 4 min read R-Lists 6 min read R - Array 7 min read R-Matrices 10 min read R-Factors 4 min read R-Data Frames 6 min read Object Oriented ProgrammingR-Object Oriented Programming 7 min read Classes in R Programming 3 min read R-Objects 3 min read Encapsulation in R Programming 3 min read Polymorphism in R Programming 6 min read R - Inheritance 7 min read Abstraction in R Programming 3 min read Looping over Objects in R Programming 5 min read S3 class in R Programming 8 min read Explicit Coercion in R Programming 3 min read Error HandlingHandling Errors in R Programming 3 min read Condition Handling in R Programming 5 min read Debugging in R Programming 3 min read File HandlingFile Handling in R Programming 3 min read Reading Files in R Programming 9 min read Writing to Files in R Programming 2 min read Working with Binary Files in R Programming 5 min read Like