maybe you're looking for something like, test <- 1:3 testfct <- function(x){ x[1] <- 100 x } ############ test testfct(1) testfct(test)
I hope it helps. Best, Dimitris ---- Dimitris Rizopoulos Ph.D. Student Biostatistical Centre School of Public Health Catholic University of Leuven Address: Kapucijnenvoer 35, Leuven, Belgium Tel: +32/(0)16/336899 Fax: +32/(0)16/337015 Web: http://med.kuleuven.be/biostat/ http://www.student.kuleuven.be/~m0390867/dimitris.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian Leuzinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:41 PM Subject: [R] write data from function into external table Dear list, My apologies if a solution / explanation to this already exists on the list, but it is difficult to assign it to a certain keyword. test<-c(1:3) testfct <- function(x) {test[1]<-100} test [1] 1 2 3 testfct(1) [1] 1 2 3 Basically, I would like to write data into an external table that the function does not know. Why is this not working / what alternatives exist? Thanks, Sebastian ------------------------------------------------ Sebastian Leuzinger University of Basel, Department of Environmental Science Institute of Botany Schönbeinstr. 6 CH-4056 Basel ph 0041 (0) 61 2673511 fax 0041 (0) 61 2673504 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] web http://pages.unibas.ch/botschoen/leuzinger ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html