On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > Given: > a <- 2 > b <- 3 > > I'd like to obtain the following function: > f <- function(x) 2 + 3*x > > but when I do this: > f <- function(x) a + b*x > ##f > ##function(x) a + b*x > > the 'a' and 'b' objects do not get evaluated to their constants. How > could I do that? > I found one solution: a <- 2 b <- 3 f <- eval(parse(text=paste("function(z)", a, "+ z * ", b))) f ##function(z) 2 + z * 3
but I still have nightmares from: > fortune("parse") If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink the question. -- Thomas Lumley R-help (February 2005) Is there a nicer way to approach this? Thanks, Liviu > Thanks, > Liviu > > > -- > Do you know how to read? > http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader > Do you know how to write? > http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail ______________________________________________ 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.