You may wish to use the options command. You can create your own options, not just use pre-existing ones.
Please read the last line of every message to r-help. On Dec 4, 2007 12:51 AM, Thomas L Jones, PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Thomas Jones > > I have several user-defined functions. As is standard practice, I am > defining a logical vector named idebug in order to control debugging > printouts. For example, if idebug [1] has the value TRUE, such-and-such > debugging printouts are enabled. After the function works, some or all of > the debugging printouts can be inhibited. idebug is a global variable; > otherwise, it would have to be moved around with function arguments in a way > which is clunky and hard to get right. However, I am getting an error > message. This message was emitted during the loading of the program and is > NOT inside any function. > > Or perhaps idebug wants a special slot on the search path. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > debug_l <- 5 # length of debug vector > > idebug <<- logical (5) > > idebug [1] <<- TRUE > Error in idebug[1] <<- TRUE : object "idebug" not found > > > [snip] > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Your advice? > > Tom Jones > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.