Just chiming in here...

Granted some of the help files are a bit cryptic until you get used to them (but still much easier to understand than the Unix man pages :-) ). This sort of thing does provide a chance to learn about the power of R.

From Rolf's example, suppose that integrate() did NOT have any additional arguments. Then, do this:

bar <- function(x)  foo(x,y=pi/4)

integrate(bar, 0, 2*pi)


As an exercise to the reader :-) , write a function which takes an input for the value of y and uses some subset of "paste, eval, do.call, parse" etc., to build the function bar() on the fly.

Carl


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From: Rolf Turner <rolf.turner_at_xtra.co.nz>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:00:11 +1200
On 06/08/11 08:17, brunero liseo wrote:
> Is it possible to use the "integrate" function when it depends on a
> parameter?
> in other words can i get something like
>
> f(y) = integrate (g(x,y))?
> If not, how else can I get that?
> thanks in advance
This really boils down to ``RTFM''.

The help for "integrate" ``clearly'' ( :-) ) states that there is a "..." argument
which consists of ``additional arguments passed to f''. So use it.

E.g.:

     foo <- function(x,y){sin(x^2 + y^2)}
     integrate(foo,0,2*pi,y=pi/4)
     0.9314315 with absolute error < 1.5e-05

Most of the time, what you need to know is in the help. You just need to learn to read the help *carefully* and think along the lines: ``This *does* mean something useful and is actually expressed in a rational albeit it cryptic manner. Given that fact, what could this *possibly* mean?'' That will usually get you there. Then *try* what you think you gleaned from the help using a *simple* example.

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner
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