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On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:37 PM, ivo welch <ivo.we...@anderson.ucla.edu>wrote: > quick question. how do I search up the calling environments until I find a > variable? > > > x=function() { m=22; y() } > > y=function() { z() } > > z=function() { mget("m", inherits=TRUE, ifnotfound="m not found") } > > x() > $m > [1] "m not found" > > from the perspective of z(), function x is not an enclosing environment. > do I write a while loop to look back, or is there a standard R function > that searches all calling environments until it finds one that works? > > regards, > > /iaw > ---- > Ivo Welch (ivo.we...@gmail.com) > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.