[R] availability of a "solve" function in R?

[Achim Zeileis]

Ron Shonkwiler wrote:
> 
> I would like to define a function of two variables f(x,y) and, for
> a given value of x, solve f(x,y)=0 for y.
> 
> Is this available in R?

Have a look at uniroot(), e.g. do something like

R> myfun <- function(x,y) x+y
R> uniroot(function(x) myfun(x,5), c(-10,10))

cheers
Z
 
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