[R] 'fixing' list components

[Thomas Lumley]

On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Griffith Feeney wrote:

> I have a list x (say) that will contain many inputs to and outputs a model.
> 
> x$input1 <- assign.input1(parameter1, parameter2)
> 
> is one way to assign input1, but it would be neater to be able to do
> 
> assign.input1(x, parameter1, parameter2)
> 
> Is this a good idea? If so, what is a good way to do it?

No.

You can do it using assign() or eval() in the parent frame, but 
  a) this is often a sign that what you're doing is a bad idea
  b) the syntax suggests that something like
 	assign.input1(foo(y),parameter1,parameter2)
    should work, but it won't.
  c) the code will  just be a complicated and fragile way of constructing
the command
	x<-assign.input(parameter1,parameter2) 
  anyway
  d) It will be particularly tricky since the assign() function, the
obvious way of doing it, doesn't handle things like "x$input1" the way you
would expect.


	-thomas

Thomas Lumley
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
University of Washington, Seattle
	

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