[R] Is there anywhere recycle()?

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try:

foo2 <- function(x, a) cbind(x,a)[,2]


On 7/23/06, Gregor Gorjanc <gregor.gorjanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am writting a function, which should recycle one of its arguments if
> length of the argument is approprate i.e. something like
>
> foo <- function(x, a)
> {
>  n <- length(x)
>  if(length(a) < n) { # recycle a
>    oldA <- a
>    a <- vector(length=n)
>    a[1:n] <- oldA
>  }
>  ## ...
>  return(a)
> }
>
> foo(c(1, 2), a=c(1, 2))
> foo(c(1, 2), a=c(1))
>
> I am now wondering if there is any general/generic functions for such task.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Lep pozdrav / With regards,
>    Gregor Gorjanc
>
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