Oh I thought that was just my experience of it !! So didn't want to slate
it too much!!
Yes, I nearly said "without making it an object of objects". I guess it
depends what they want to do with those objects in the end.
Usually if I want a function to manipulate two things I create two
functions.
On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 11:21 Bert Gunter, <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Or use <<- assignment I think. (I usually return, but return can only
> return one object and I think you want two or more"
>
> You can return any number of objects by putting them in a list and
> returning the list.
> Use of "<<-" is rarely a good idea in R.
>
> -- Bert
>
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 1:53 AM CALUM POLWART <polc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > OK. The fact it's in a function is making things clearer.
> >
> > Are you trying to update the values of an object from within the
> function,
> > and have them available outside the function. I don't speak functional
> > programming articulately enough but basically
> >
> > v <- 1
> >
> > funA <- function() {
> > v <- v+1
> > }
> >
> > funA()
> > cat (v)
> >
> > # 1
> >
> > You either return the v from the function so
> >
> > funB <- function() {
> > v <- v+1
> > return (v)
> > }
> >
> > v <- funB()
> > cat (v)
> > #2
> >
> > Or use <<- assignment I think. (I usually return, but return can only
> > return one object and I think you want two or more
> >
> > v <- 1
> > funC <- function() {
> > v <<- v+1
> > }
> >
> > funC()
> > cat (v)
> > #2
> >
> > On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 09:03 Steven Yen, <st...@ntu.edu.tw> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks. Hmm. The loop is doing what it is supposed to do.
> > >
> > > > try1<-function(joint12=FALSE,marg1=FALSE,marg2=FALSE,
> > > + cond12=FALSE,cond21=FALSE){
> > > + # ***************************************************
> > > + # Testing if loop
> > > + # ***************************************************
> > > + if(joint12){
> > > + {print ("joint12"); cat(joint12,"\n")}
> > > + {print ("marg1"); cat(marg1,"\n")}
> > > + } else if (marg1) {
> > > + {print ("marg1"); cat(marg1,"\n")}
> > > + {print ("joint12"); cat(joint12)}
> > > + } else if (marg2) {
> > > + {print ("marg2"); cat(marg2)}
> > > + } else if (cond12) {
> > > + {print ("cond12"); cat(cond12)}
> > > + } else {
> > > + {print ("cond21"); cat(cond21)}
> > > + }}
> > > > try1(joint12=TRUE)
> > > [1] "joint12"
> > > TRUE
> > > [1] "marg1"
> > > FALSE
> > > > try1(marg1=TRUE)
> > > [1] "marg1"
> > > TRUE
> > > [1] "joint12"
> > > FALSE
> > > > try1(marg2=TRUE)
> > > [1] "marg2"
> > > TRUE
> > > > try1(cond12=TRUE)
> > > [1] "cond12"
> > > TRUE
> > > > try1(cond21=TRUE)
> > > [1] "cond21"
> > > TRUE
> > > >
> > > On 8/9/2024 2:35 PM, CALUM POLWART wrote:
> > >
> > > Is something wrong in the initialisation part that we don't see?
> > >
> > > joint12 <- marg1 <-F
> > >
> > > marg1 <-T
> > >
> > > if (joint12) {
> > > print ("joint 12")
> > > cat (joint12)
> > > }
> > >
> > > if (marg1) {
> > > print("marg 1")
> > > cat(marg1)
> > > }
> > >
> > > Would probably be my diagnostic approach
> > >
> > > On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 04:45 Steven Yen, <st...@ntu.edu.tw> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Can someone help me with the if loop below? In the subroutine, I
> > >> initialize all of (joint12,marg1,marg2,cond12,cond21) as FALSE, and
> call
> > >> with only one of them being TRUE:
> > >>
> > >>
> ,...,joint12=FALSE,marg1=FALSE,marg2=FALSE,cond12=FALSE,cond21=FALSE,,,,
> > >>
> > >> joint12 seems to always kick in, even though I call with, e.g., marg1
> > >> being TRUE and everything else being FALSE. My attempts with if...
> else
> > >> if were not useful. Please help. Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> v1<-cprob(z1,x1,a,b,mu1,mu2,rho,j+1,k+1)
> > >> v0<-cprob(z0,x0,a,b,mu1,mu2,rho,j+1,k+1)
> > >>
> > >> ...
> > >>
> > >> me1<-me0<-NULL
> > >> if(joint12) {me1<-cbind(me1,v1$p12); me0<-cbind(me0,v0$p12)}
> > >> if(marg1) {me1<-cbind(me1,v1$p1); me0<-cbind(me0,v0$p1)}
> > >> if(marg2) {me1<-cbind(me1,v1$p2); me0<-cbind(me0,v0$p2)}
> > >> if(cond12) {me1<-cbind(me1,v1$pc12); me0<-cbind(me0,v0$pc12)}
> > >> if(cond21) {me1<-cbind(me1,v1$pc21); me0<-cbind(me0,v0$pc21)}
> > >> ...
> > >>
> > >> labels<-NULL
> > >> if(joint12) labels<-c(labels,lab.p12)
> > >> if(marg1) labels<-c(labels,lab.p1)
> > >> if(marg2) labels<-c(labels,lab.p2)
> > >> if(cond12) labels<-c(labels,lab.pc12)
> > >> if(cond21) labels<-c(labels,lab.pc21)
> > >>
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