
Thank Sarah!

> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 14:06:31 -0400
> Subject: Re: [R] Problem in executing R-script
> From: sarah.goslee@gmail.com
> To: bell_beauty12@hotmail.com
> CC: r-help@r-project.org
> 
> Hi Suhaila,
> 
> You don't need to make a function: your script should just contain:
> med <- read.csv("medicalData.csv")
> 
> If you do want to make a function, then you need to assign the
> resulting value to something, eg:
> 
> med <- readData()
> 
> but there's no reason to do that. Values that are assigned within a
> function don't persist in the global environment.
> 
> Sarah
> 
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Suhaila Haji Mohd Hussin
> <bell_beauty12@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello. I'm a newbie here.
> > In my script (I name it readData.R), I wrote the followings:
> > readData <-function(){  med = read.csv("medicalData.csv");}
> > Then I tested the script by 'Source R Code' then on the command I typed 'readData()' then I typed 'med' to check if the variable contains the medical data but it returned 'Object med is not found'. What did I do wrong? Please help.
> > Cheers,Suhaila
> 
> -- 
> Sarah Goslee
> http://www.functionaldiversity.org
 		 	   		  
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