You can return a single object from a function.  If you want multiple
values, use a list:

f <- function(x,y,z){
....
return(list(x=x, y=y, z=z))
}

value <- f(x,y,z)
# now copy the values
x <- value$x
y <- value$y
z <- value$z



On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Gustave Lefou <gustave5000@gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear R users,
>
> I have a function which takes as arguments big arrays, say : w, x , y and
> z.
>
> My function changes these arrays and I want them as result/output.
>
> I have tried to write return(w,x,y,z), and thus to replace the previous w,
> x, y and z. It does not seem to work.
>
> What can I do ?
>
> Thank you very much,
> Gustave
>
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