On 23/02/2015 3:57 PM, Daniel Kaschek wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> with the following code I generate a list of functions. Each function
> reflects a "condition". When I evaluate this list of functions by
> another lapply/sapply, I get an unexpected result: all values coincide.
> However, when I uncomment the print(), it works as expected. Is this a
> bug or a feature?
>
Arguments aren't evaluated until they are used. The force() function
can be used to force evaluation when you want it.
This is a feature: it allows you to have arguments that are never
evaluated, because they are never used, or defaults that depend on
things that are calculated within the function.
Duncan Murdoch
> conditions <- 1:4
> test <- lapply(conditions, function(mycondition){
> #print(mycondition)
> myfn <- function(i) mycondition*i
> return(myfn)
> })
>
> sapply(test, function(myfn) myfn(2))
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
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