On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Julio Sergio <julioser...@gmail.com> wrote: > I learnt that functions can be handled as objects, the same way the variables > are. So, the following is perfectly valid: > >> f = function(a, b) { > + print(a) > + print(b) > + } >> >> f1 = function(foo) { > + foo(1,2) > + } >> >> f1(f) > [1] 1 > [1] 2 >> > > I also know that operators are functions, so, I can call: > >> '+'(1,2) > [1] 3 >> > > However, when I want to pass the '+' function to the previous f1 function, it > doesn't work: > >> f1('+') > Error en f1("+") : no se pudo encontrar la función "foo" >> > > (Error in f1("+") : the function "foo" cannot be found) > > Do you have any comments on this? >
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