On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM,  <mau...@alice.it> wrote:
> I knowf R functions ca be called passing some parameters.
> My first question is: how are parameters passed to R functions ?
> Browsing through R archives I found an answer confirming taht parameters can
> be passed to the  called function by value. I wonder whether passing the 
> parameter
> address is possible somehow to allow the function to actually change its 
> value.

See for instance the R.oo package (on CRAN).  That will allow you to
emulate pass by reference of R objects (using R environments).

>
> My second question is about running R scripts with parameters. Something 
> similar to the
> s/w device (argc, argv) which is used to run a C program with initial 
> parameters.
> Is this possible at all ?

See help(commandArgs).

/Henrik

>
> Thank you very much.
> Maura
>
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> tutti i telefonini TIM!
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