[R] how to quote "factors" in a function?

[R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com>]

You quote them in quotes. "A"

Also: bad scoping. 

Michael Weylandt

On Sep 11, 2011, at 6:11 PM, casperyc <casperyc at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> ### code ###
>    x=sample(LETTERS[1:26],100,T)
>    prob=function(y){
>            count=sum(x==y)
>            total=length(x)
>            count/total
>    }
> ### end ###
> 
> How do I quote the letters A,B,C,D ect, in order to make the "prob" function
> return the weights of the desired Letter?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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