[R] A question about function behavior

[A.J. Rossini]

Perhaps by using apply? 

What do you think  that 

max(0,c(1,2,3,4)+1) 

should return?

On 4/20/05, Jorge Ahumada <jahumada at usgs.gov> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have been trying to figure this one out, but don't seem to go
> anywhere. I have a function like this:
> 
> a = function(t) {
> 
> max(0,t+1)
> 
> }
> 
> very simple, but if I pass a vector of n values to this function I
> expect n evaluations of max and instead I get only one value (the
> largest value of them all..). Is there anyway to do this without
> invoking a for loop?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Jorge
> 
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-tony

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