[R] I really don't understand functions in R :-)

[Giovanni Petris]

May I am missing something, but it seems to me that the easiest way to
solve your problem, if you don't want to change 'n', is to define

f <- function(x) x^3

If you want to allow the possibility for 'n' to change, you can
include it as an argument of 'f'

f <- function(x,n=3) x^n

Best,
Giovanni

> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:41:26 -0200
> From: Alberto Monteiro <albmont at centroin.com.br>
> Sender: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
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> An example:
> 
> n <- 3
> f <- function(x) x^n
> f(2)
> # [1] 8
> n <- 2
> f(2)
> # [1] 4
> f
> # function(x) x^n
> 
> Ok, I know this is trivial, because function f is foverer bound 
> to the variable n. But how can I _fix_ n when I define _f_, so 
> that changing _n_ won't change the function f?
> 
> Alberto Monteiro
> 
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