Hello dear R people!
Several times it occurred to me that a function that uses a variable name as a parameter would be helpful, but I did not find out how to write such a function. I have experience in several programming language, but I did not come across a helpful trick... What I want to have is... a <- 12 # starting value add <- function(variable,increment) { variable <- variable + increment } # by typing a and 25 for example, you specify that 25 will be added to the variable a... add(a,25) # the new a equals 12 + 25 = 37 Thanks for all the help – I'll try to give my advice when I get across a problem I can solve! David -- GMX Download-Spiele: Preizsturz! Alle Puzzle-Spiele Deluxe über 60% billiger. http://games.entertainment.gmx.net/de/entertainment/games/download/puzzle/index.html ______________________________________________ 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.