Yes, the short answer is that you need to define out before running the loop. The most effective way to do so will be to set up a matrix with the exact right dimensions (if you know them up front); something like out <- matrix(NA, nrow = length(input), ncol = 9)
Michael On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:27 PM, aledanda <danda.ga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > I hope you don't mind helping me with this small issue. I haven't been using > R in years and I'm trying to fill in a matrix > with the output of a function (I'm probably using the Matlab logic here and > it's not working). > Here is my code: > > for (i in 1:length(input)){ > out[i,1:3] <- MyFunction(input[i,1],input[i,2], input[i,3]) > out[i,4:6] <- MyFunction(input[i,5],input[i,7], input[i,6]) > out[i,7:9] <- MyFunction(input[i,8],input[i,10], input[i,9]) > } > > 'input' is a matrix >> dim(input) > [1] 46 10 > > and each raw corresponds to a different subject. > The error I get here is > > /Error in out[i, 1:3] <- get.vaTer(input[i, 2], input[i, 4], input[i, 3], : > object 'out' not found/ > > So I wonder, what's wrong in the assignment to the variable out? > Should I define the variable before the loop? > > Thanks for your help > Best > > Ale > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/beginner-s-loop-issue-tp4469514p4469514.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.