Hey thanks for your help , But thats not exactly the problem I have See I am fine with tmp[[1]]() being = 5 and not 1; but then
for (i in 1:5) tmp[[i]] <- f(i) z <- f(6) tmp[[1]]() ## "should" give 6 right ? Because f(6) was last evaluate so in parent.frame() y should be 6 ??? On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Patrick Burns <pbu...@pburns.seanet.com>wrote: > You are missing 'force'. > > See 'The R Inferno' page 90. > > In this case you can define: > > f <- function(y) { force(y); function() y} > > > > On 10/05/2010 11:06, sayan dasgupta wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> I have a doubt here , It is something simple I guess, what am I missing >> out >> here ?? >> >> >> f<- function(y) function() y >> tmp<- vector("list", 5) >> for (i in 1:5) tmp[[i]]<- f(i) >> tmp[[1]]() # returns 5; >> >> z<- f(6) >> tmp[[1]]() # still returns 5; it should return 6 "ideally" right ??? >> >> Even if I dont evaluate the function tmp[[1]] before i.e I do >> rm(list=ls()) >> f<- function(y) function() y >> tmp<- vector("list", 5) >> for (i in 1:5) tmp[[i]]<- f(i) >> z<- f(6) >> tmp[[1]]() # it still returns 5; it should return 6 "ideally" right ??? >> >> [[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. >> >> > -- > Patrick Burns > pbu...@pburns.seanet.com > http://www.burns-stat.com > (home of 'Some hints for the R beginner' > and 'The R Inferno') > [[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.