What is your desired output ? This will clarify the problem greatly. Perhaps, this might be of some use :
f <- function(v, pos, val=100){ v[pos] <- val; return(v) } test <- 1:3 test <- f(test, 1) test [1] 100 2 3 Regards, ADai On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 12:41 +0200, Sebastian Leuzinger wrote: > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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