Try this
foo1 = function(val)
{
return(d[val])
}
foo1("x")
Good luck
miltinho astronauta
brazil
On 8/6/08, Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Consider the following
>
> x = c(1,2)
>> y = c(3,4)
>> d = data.frame(cbind(x,y))
>> d$x
>>
> [1] 1 2
>
>> d$"x"
>>
> [1] 1 2
>
>>
>> foo = function(val)
>>
> + {
> + return(d$val)
> + }
>
>>
>> bar = function()
>>
> + {
> + return(d$"x")
> + }
>
>>
>> foo("x")
>>
> NULL
>
>> bar()
>>
> [1] 1 2
>
> I'm a little surprised that R accepts both the form d$x and d$"x", but I'm
> mostly wondering why foo("x") doesn't work.
> Thanks, Faheem.
>
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