Hi,
I have two small issues with my R code, no big deal but curiosity
really. Here is a sample code,
>
> x <- rnorm(1:10)
>
> foo <- function(a = 1, b = list(x = c(1:10), y = c(1:10))){
>
> for (ii in seq(along=b$y)){
>
> print(x[ii] + b$x[ii])
> }
>
>
> }
>
> foo() # default OK
>
> foo(b=list(x=1, y=c(1:10))) # only the first term works
>
> foo(b$y = 1:5) # error
>
In the last call, i wish to use all default arguments but b$y (that
is, using the default a and b$x). Is this possible?
The second call is more related to indices: i would like my argument b
$x to be either a vector (default), or a scalar. In the latter, the
loop b$x[ii] breaks when i would like it to recycle the single value.
I can check the length of b$x with a "if" statement, but it becomes
intricate when several arguments have this option of being vector or
scalar. Is there a way to use b$x that would work in both cases?
Many thanks,
baptiste
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Baptiste Auguié
Physics Department
University of Exeter
Stocker Road,
Exeter, Devon,
EX4 4QL, UK
Phone: +44 1392 264187
http://newton.ex.ac.uk/research/emag
http://projects.ex.ac.uk/atto
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