I am not sure what you mean by "p is not updated". I took the basic outline you have and as you can see, p has the correct value after the loop.
> p<-0.1 > n<-10 > result<-list() > while (p<=1) { + for (i in 1:n) { + result[[i]]<-p + p<-p+0.1 + print(p) + } + } [1] 0.2 [1] 0.3 [1] 0.4 [1] 0.5 [1] 0.6 [1] 0.7 [1] 0.8 [1] 0.9 [1] 1 [1] 1.1 > p [1] 1.1 > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Quan Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am running OLS models with a power parameter: y=a+bx^p, and I want to > iterate through p with a set increment. The function I constructed is > something like below: > > test<-function(data, model,...){ > f<-formula(model) #model="y~I(x^p)" > p<-0.1 > n<-10 > result<-list() > while (p<=1) { > for (i in 1:n) { > result[[i]]<-lm(data, formula=f...) > p<-p+0.1 > } > } > return(result) > } > > The problem I am facing is that the loop does not assign or update p values. > I also tried a nested for loop starting with "for (p in seq(0.1,1,0.1)){for > (i in 1:n) {..." but it did not work either. After the initial value of p is > assigned, the inner loop is executed but p is not updated. Any help is > greatly appreciated. > > best, > > quan > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.