Dear John Fox:
I highly appreciate your help!!! Problems solved. Best Wishes Always. 2013/11/6 John Fox <j...@mcmaster.ca> > Dear Zhong-Yuan Zhang, > > R is lexically scoped. Pretending that you're using a different programming > language is probably a bad idea. > > The findGlobals() function in the codetools package, which is part of the > standard R distribution, can help you locate references to global variables > (and functions) in a function. For example, > > > f <- function() g(a) > > > findGlobals(f) > [1] "a" "g" > > > ff <- function() {a <- 10; g(a)} > > > findGlobals(ff) > [1] "{" "<-" "g" > > > fff <- function(a) g(a) > > > findGlobals(fff) > [1] "g" > > I hope this helps, > John > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > > project.org] On Behalf Of Zhong-Yuan Zhang > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 7:32 AM > > To: r-help@r-project.org > > Subject: Re: [R] Function does not see variables outside the function > > > > Dear Experts: > > > > I am very appreciate your comments and help! > > > > Actually I am a new comer from MATLAB. If the function > > > > can see global variables, then it may output wrong results without > > > > any error messages. For example, there is a gloabl variable named > > > > v, and I write one funciton with one local variable x. However, in some > > line, > > > > I misspelled x to v, which would results in unexpected errors without > > warning. > > > > In summary, I want to disable the ability to make debugging easier. > > > > Best. > > > > > > 2013/11/5 Carl Witthoft <c...@witthoft.com> > > > > > Why would you want to impose this restriction? Perhaps if you > > explain what > > > you are trying to do, we can suggest approaches that will satisfy > > your > > > specific needs. > > > (note- one can always redefine whatever variables are to be > > "excluded." > > > E.g. > > > to keep the body of a function from referring to 'foo' in the calling > > > environment, just add the line 'foo<-NA' inside the function) > > > > > > > > > Zhong-Yuan Zhang wrote > > > > In MATLAB, functions cannot see variables outside the > > > > > > > > functions. However, in R, the functions can do that. Is there > > > > > > > > any settings that can disable this ability of functions? > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > > > > R-help@ > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > View this message in context: > > > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Function-does-not-see-variables- > > outside-the-function-tp4679762p4679768.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. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Zhong-Yuan Zhang (PhD.) > > Associate Professor > > School of Statistics > > Central University of Finance and Economics > > 39 South College Road, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R.China 100081 > > Email: zhyua...@gmail.com > > Homepage: http://en.stat.cufe.edu.cn/zhongyuanzhang/ > > > > [[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. > > -- Zhong-Yuan Zhang (PhD.) Associate Professor School of Statistics Central University of Finance and Economics 39 South College Road, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R.China 100081 Email: zhyua...@gmail.com Homepage: http://en.stat.cufe.edu.cn/zhongyuanzhang/ [[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.