[R] Error "could not find function"

Philipp Pagel p.pagel at wzw.tum.de
Sun Jan 4 22:33:13 CET 2009


> I have copied a very simple function but when I try to call it I get an error
> message "could not find function". The function file is named addthree.r and
> I cd to the directory where the function is saved before calling it. What am
> I doing wrong?

R does not look for funcitons to execute in random files. You
have to source() the file to execute the code -- i.e. define the
function in the current session. See also section 1.10 of the
manual ("An Introduction to R").

cu
	Philipp

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Technische Universität München
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