Hi, with assign,
foo <- function(var){ assign("var", var+1, envir = .GlobalEnv) } var =1 foo(2) var # [1] 3 HTH, baptiste 2009/10/8 devol <sund...@gmail.com>: > > Dear all, > > could you please advice whether it is possible somehow to modify an > external (from the point of some function view) variable by some > function-internal operators. For example > >> var=1 >> foo<-function(var){var=var+1} >> foo(var) >> var > [1] 1 > > but the goal is to get the var equal to 2 in this specific case. > > Thanks! > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/external-variable-by-inside-function-routines-modifications-tp25803308p25803308.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.