Re: [R] changing function argument

2009-03-13 Thread Thomas Mang
Dieter Menne wrote: Thomas Mang fiwi.at> writes: I wonder if the following is possible in R: Suppose a function takes an argument, and wants to modify this argument so that the change is visible _at the call side_. It would be what is for example known as pass-by-reference-to-non-const in C

Re: [R] changing function argument

2009-03-13 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, Thomas Mang wrote: Hi, I wonder if the following is possible in R: Suppose a function takes an argument, and wants to modify this argument so >that the change is visible _at the call side_. It would be what is for example known as pass-by-reference-to-non-const in C++.

Re: [R] changing function argument

2009-03-13 Thread Dieter Menne
Thomas Mang fiwi.at> writes: > I wonder if the following is possible in R: > > Suppose a function takes an argument, and wants to modify this argument > so that the change is visible _at the call side_. It would be what is > for example known as pass-by-reference-to-non-const in C++. > > test