With all due respect: I don't think much respect is due. I doubt that the OP has made much of an effort to learn R and is merely trying to slap on some prior CS class concepts onto R. Ergo the confusion and nonsensical post.
http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html seems relevant here. Cheers, Bert On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, Spencer Graves <spencer.gra...@prodsyse.com> wrote: > > > On 3/17/2015 10:01 AM, David Winsemius wrote: > >> On Mar 16, 2015, at 5:05 PM, Saptarshi Guha wrote: >> >> Example was complicated, but here is a simpler form >>> >>> continueIfTrue <- function(mm=return()){ >>> eval(mm) >>> } >>> >> What are you trying to accomplish by passing `return()` to a formal >> parameter? >> > > > Might returning a logical serve your purpose? Then you could say > "if(!continueIfTrue(...))return(...)". Will this do what you want? > > > Spencer > >> >> telemStats <- function(){ >>> y <- substitute(return()) >>> >> That last bit of code doesn't make a lot of sense either. The >> `substitute` function is specifically designed to NOT evaluate the first >> argument but rather to return an unevaluated call. If you wanted to >> actually "return" from that function you would assuredly not use `return` >> within the substitute argument. >> >> You need to explain what you want to accomplish rather than posting >> failed code. >> >> > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 (650) 467-7374 "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge is certainly not wisdom." Clifford Stoll [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
