I have a function (see below). This function has one object, ID. If I run the loops by itself using a character value (ie,"VFFF1-7"), then the loops work fine. However, when I try to insert the character value via the function call, it doesn't work. I don't get an error, but the TotalCover.df dataframe does not update according to the loop criteria. Any obvious problems that you can see?
################Cover Function######################### #Define Variables Quadrats.df<-unique(data.df$Quadrat) TotalCover.df<-cbind(0:750/10,0,0,0,0,0,0) colnames(TotalCover.df)<- c("Station","Shrub","Tree","Invasive","Herb","Litter","Bare") Shrub.df<-data.df[data.df$Layer=="Shrub",] Tree.df<-data.df[data.df$Layer=="Tree",] Cover.fn<-function(ID){ ShrubCover.df<-Shrub.df[Shrub.df$Quadrat==ID,] for (j in 1:length(ShrubCover.df[,"Quadrat"])){ for (i in 1:751){ if (TotalCover.df[i,"Station"]>=ShrubCover.df[j,"Start"] && TotalCover.df[i,"Station"]<= ShrubCover.df[j,"Stop"]) TotalCover.df[i,"Shrub"]<- 1 } } TreeCover.df<-Tree.df[Tree.df$Quadrat==ID,] for (j in 1:length(TreeCover.df[,"Quadrat"])){ for (i in 1:751){ if (TotalCover.df[i,"Station"]>=TreeCover.df[j,"Start"] && TotalCover.df[i,"Station"]<= TreeCover.df[j,"Stop"]) TotalCover.df[i,"Tree"]<- 1 } } } Cover.fn("VFFF1-7") _________________________________________________________________ right from Hotmail. Check it out. M_WL_QA_HM_celebrity_photos2_072009&cat=celebrity ______________________________________________ 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.