[R] how to write a periodic function in R?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 lma5 at ncsu.edu wrote:

> My question is how to write a periodic function in R.
> for example if there is a function f(x) that
> f(x)=f(x+4), for -2<x<2, f(x)=x
> how to write it in R?

f((x+2)%%4 - 2)  is one way.


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