t.test inside function (PR#373)

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 wsi@gcal.ac.uk wrote:

> Full_Name: Bill Simpson
> Version:  65.1 
> OS:  linux   
> Submission from: (NULL) (193.62.250.209)
> 
> 
> Try this code as separate lines entered interactively, then try doit()
> 
> doit<-function()
> {
> x<-seq(1,10)
> y1<-x+rnorm(10,1,1.5)
> y2<-x+rnorm(10,1,1)
> t.test(x,y1,paired=TRUE)
> t.test(x,y2,paired=TRUE)
> }
> 
> doit() apparently executes only the last of a series of t.test()s.
> 
> Maybe this is no bug, but I can't see why this behaviour is shown.

You need to print the answer: the last is printed by auto-printing.
More generally, if you want something printed in a function, you
need to print it explicitly. This applies to braced expressions too,
so

{
x<-seq(1,10)
y1<-x+rnorm(10,1,1.5)
y2<-x+rnorm(10,1,1)
t.test(x,y1,paired=TRUE)
t.test(x,y2,paired=TRUE)
}

shows the effect.

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