[R] ?? hmm ??

[Emmanuel Paradis]

At 16:17 10/09/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello again!
>thanks to all who helped with overlay plots - v.  easy in the end.
>
>Anyway, another new(ba)bee type question - the gurus will cringe I'm sure!
>
>Q. simple R function
>mm <- function (u) {
>  x <- u$GDP
>  x
>  m <- mean(x)
>  m
>}
>
>When the function is called the vector "x" does not get printed from within
>the function, but the mean value "m" does, why?
>I think it's probably to do with scoping but don't really know.
>The vector "x" can of course be printed with the print function so there no
>problem seeing it for program debugging etc.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Gerard Keogh

If you want to have the results just printed, you can modify your function
by adding print(x):

mm <- function (u) {
  x <- u$GDP
  print(x)
  m <- mean(x)
  m
}



Emmanuel Paradis
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