There is probably a more elegant way to do this, but you could write it into dummy1():
dummy1 <- function() { ...original function options(old.options) } Alternatively, you could use ?tryCatch with the finally argument as a call to options. HTH, Jon On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Jannis <bt_jan...@yahoo.de> wrote: > Dear list members, > > > is it possible to set some options only inside a function so that the > original options are restored once the function is finished or aborted due to > an error? Until now I do something like: > > > dummy=function() > { > old.options=options(error=dummy1()) > > .... > > options(old.options) > } > > > This works for most cases but when the function terminates because of an > error and its last command is not run, error=dummy1() still remains as an > option. Is there any way around this? > > > Cheers > Jannis > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- =============================================== Jon Daily Technician =============================================== #!/usr/bin/env outside # It's great, trust me. ______________________________________________ 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.