Mapply gives you multivariate data result

mapply(rep,4:8,4:6)

## Warning in mapply(rep, 4:8, 4:6): longer argument not a multiple of length
## of shorter

## [[1]]
## [1] 4 4 4 4
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## [[2]]
## [1] 5 5 5 5 5
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## [[3]]
## [1] 6 6 6 6 6 6
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## [[4]]
## [1] 7 7 7 7
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## [[5]]
## [1] 8 8 8 8 8