On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:03 PM, arun <smartpink...@yahoo.com> wrote: > HI, > Not sure I understand your question: > a <- 2 > b <- 3 > f1<- function(x) a+b*x > I don't want the function to depend on the objects a and b, but instead use the values of those objects (I do this within a function).
Liviu > f1(2) > #[1] 8 > f1(3) > #[1] 11 > f<- function(x) 2+3*x > f(2) > #[1] 8 > f(3) > #[1] 11 > > > A.K. > > sessionInfo() > R version 3.0.0 (2013-04-03) > Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) > > locale: > [1] LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C > [3] LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_CA.UTF-8 > [5] LC_MONETARY=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_CA.UTF-8 > [7] LC_PAPER=C LC_NAME=C > [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C > [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > other attached packages: > [1] arrayhelpers_0.76-20120816 abind_1.4-0 > [3] plyr_1.8 stringr_0.6.2 > [5] reshape2_1.2.2 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] tools_3.0.0 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> > To: "r-help@r-project.org Help" <r-help@r-project.org> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:48 AM > Subject: [R] generate simple function with pre-defined constants > > 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? > > 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 > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- 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.