[R] Passing parameters in a user defined function to another function using ...

[Richard M. Heiberger]

numbs <- rbind(numbs, sort(sample(y, z, ... )))

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Rich

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Lopez, Dan <lopez235 at llnl.gov> wrote:
> Hi R Experts,
>
> How do you get the ... to work in a user-defined function such as the one I have below?
> For example if I want to pass replace=TRUE to the sample function.
>
> # This is a sample function that generates x rows of z numbers out of y. Basically a lottery style data set.
>
> mynumbs<-function(x,y,z=5,...){
>   #x should be a scalar indicating number of rows
>   #y & z are passed to sample function
>   #in the future will add option to output as data.frame instead of matrix
>
>   numbs<-sort(sample(y,z))
>   for (i in 1:(x-1))
>     numbs<-rbind(numbs,sort(sample(y,z)))
>   print(numbs)
> }
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