On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try this: > > f <- function(env = parent.frame()) env$x Thanks. What if the x in "env$x" is an argument passed in? e.g. f <- function(x, env=parent.frame()) { #assign to env$x ? } > g <- function(x=1) f() > x <- 2 > g() # 1 > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Yi Zhang <yizhan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm writing a function like this: >> >> f<-function(x,y,...) { >> ... >> assign(x,y,envir=?) >> } >> >> I need the caller (of f) 's environment for the "?" so that the >> assignment is done at the right place. To be specific, when the code >> "f(x,1)" appears in environment A, I need the assignment of 1 to x >> happen in environment A. So my question is how to get the correct >> environment? >> >> Thanks for any suggestions! >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >
-- Yi ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.