I have the following code: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- d <- rep(10,10) for (i in 1:100) { a <- sample.int(length(d), size = 2) if (d[a[1]] >= 1) { d[a[1]] <- d[a[1]] - 1 d[a[2]] <- d[a[2]] + 1 } } --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
it does what I want, i.e., modified vector d 100 times. Now, if I want to repeat this 1e6 times instead of 1e2 times, I want to vectorize it for speed, so I do this: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- update <- function (i) { a <- sample.int(n.agents, size = 2) if (d[a[1]] >= delta) { d[a[1]] <- d[a[1]] - 1 d[a[2]] <- d[a[2]] + 1 } entropy(d, unit="log2") } system.time(entropy.history <- sapply(1:1e6,update)) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- however, the global d is not modified, apparently update modifies the local copy. so, 1. is there a way for a function to modify a global variable? 2. how would you vectorize this loop? thanks! -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) X 11.0.11103000 http://www.childpsy.net/ http://honestreporting.com http://pmw.org.il http://www.PetitionOnline.com/tap12009/ A number problem "solved" with floats turns into 1.9999999999999998 problems. ______________________________________________ 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.