[R] environments

Peter Dalgaard P.Dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
Tue Aug 26 15:44:20 CEST 2008


Antje wrote:
> Okay, I see, there is no really "easy" way (I was wondering whether I
> can set an environment as default for new created variables). Is there
> any difference if I call
>
> myenv$myvar <- 10
> or
> assign("myvar",10, env=myenv)
> ?
>
No. And with(myenv, myvar <- 10) is also the same. However, you do have
to be careful with
with(myenv, myvar <- x) vs. myenv$myvar <- x because it might be
different "x".

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