Hello, Not sure if I understand your question correctly, but you if you want to assign a value to an object called train in the parent environment you can do this in your function...
train <<- some.data Michael On 20 September 2010 01:10, darckeen <darck...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to get the following section of code to work, I think the problem > is being caused by the assignment of data to the lm function not evaluating > to "train" in the parent environment but I can't seem to figure out how to > do this. > > fitmodel <- function(trial,data) > { > wrap.lm <- function(formula,data,...) { cat("in wrap > lm",NROW(data),"\n"); > lm(formula,data,...) } > wrap.step <- function(object,scope,...) { cat("in wrap > step",NROW(train),"\n"); step(object,scope,...) } > > train <- data[1:tr...@n,] > null <- as.formula("y ~ 1") > full <- as.formula("y ~ 1 + x1 + x2") > > cat("in fit",NROW(train),"\n") > model <- do.call(tr...@fit$func,tr...@fit$args) > print(model$call) > select <- do.call(tr...@step$func,tr...@step$args) > } > > mydf <- data.frame(y <- runif(100),x1 <- runif(100),x2 <- runif(100)) > myfit <- list(func="wrap.lm",args=alist(formula=null,data=train)) > mystep <- list(func="wrap.step",args=alist(object=model,scope=full,trace=0)) > > setClass("trial",representation(n="numeric",fit="list",step="list")) > trial1 <- new("trial",n=50,fit=myfit,step=mystep) > trial2 <- new("trial",n=75,fit=myfit,step=mystep) > > result <- lapply(list(trial1,trial2),fitmodel,mydf) > print(coef(result[[1]])) > print(coef(result[[2]])) > cat("result #1",NROW(result[[1]]$model),"\n") > cat("result #2",NROW(result[[2]]$model),"\n") > > > The resulting output is: > in fit 50 > in wrap lm 50 > lm(formula = formula, data = data) > in wrap step 50 > in fit 75 > in wrap lm 75 > lm(formula = formula, data = data) > in wrap step 75 > (Intercept) > 0.5276266 > (Intercept) > 0.5276266 > result #1 100 > result #2 100 > > I think what is happening is that step is reassigning the "data" for lm to > the fitmodel environment thus using resulting in using 100 rows. Any ideas > would be appreciated. > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/working-with-eval-and-environments-tp2545939p2545939.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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.