well, not that simple. My original condition and changes are more complicated
than I post in r-help for simplicity purposes . Original condition is something
like :
if ( a > 0 & ( b[1] > b[2] ) | c == TRUE )
and I might change it to
if ( a == 0 & ( b[1] < b[2] ) & d > 10 )
then I need to have a bunch of functions and I will forget which function I
used.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Rainer M Krug" [rai...@krugs.de]
Date: 06/02/2016 09:08 AM
To: "ce" <zadi...@excite.com>
CC: "Jeff Newmiller" <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us>, r-help@r-project.org
Subject: Re: Making an if condition variable ?
"ce" <zadi...@excite.com> writes:
> Thank you all for wisdom :)
> Problem is that I change the condition often and then I forget it. I
> wanted to put it at the beginning of the program with the other
> parameters so I wouldn't miss it.
In this case - why not use a function instead of the condition?
cond <- function(x){x>0}
and than
if (cond(4)) {...}
might be the easiest in this case?
or, more flexible,
cond <- function(...){x>0}
if (cond(x=3)) {...}
Cheers,
Rainer
>
> ce
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Rainer M Krug" [rai...@krugs.de]
> Date: 06/02/2016 04:00 AM
> To: "Jeff Newmiller" <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us>
> CC: r-help@r-project.org
> Subject: Re: Making an if condition variable ?
>
> Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> writes:
>
>> Beware of getting too "meta" in your programming... it is rarely worth
>> it. Just write the code and move on with life. That is the beauty of a
>> scripting language.
>
> +1
>
> I think this a very common pitfall (I know it from own experience...)
> and I would say a candidate for a fortune?
>
> Rainer
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