[R] saving variables created by functions in the workspace

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de
Sat Feb 21 11:53:27 CET 2004



Fulvio Copex wrote:
> 
> Hello ,
> 
> just a simple question from  a beginner:
> 
> I write the function:
> plotsinx <- function()
> {
> x<-seq(0,2*pi,0.01)
> sinx<-sin(x)
> plot(sinx)
> }
> I recall it:
> plotsinx()
> and the plot works properly.
> but then in the workspace if I want to look at the
> values of sinx the following error is displayed:
> Error: Object "sinx" not found.
> How to save the variables created by the function on
> the workspace?
> Thank you very much, it seems to be very trivial...
> Copex.

Please read the manual "An Introduction to R", in particular Chapter 10
and Sectoin 10.5, and the help page help("function").

Uwe Ligges




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