Re: [R] programming: telling a function where to look for the entered variables

2011-04-01 Thread E Hofstadler
011 14:28 > To: Nick Sabbe > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] programming: telling a function where to look for the > entered variables > > Thanks Nick and Juan for your replies. > > Nick, thanks for pointing out the warning in subset(). I'm not sure > th

Re: [R] programming: telling a function where to look for the entered variables

2011-04-01 Thread Nick Sabbe
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Re: [R] programming: telling a function where to look for the entered variables

2011-04-01 Thread E Hofstadler
Thanks Nick and Juan for your replies. Nick, thanks for pointing out the warning in subset(). I'm not sure though I understand the example you provided -- because despite using subset() rather than bracket notation, the original function (myfunct) does what is expected of it. The problem I have is

Re: [R] programming: telling a function where to look for the entered variables

2011-04-01 Thread Nick Sabbe
See the warning in ?subset. Passing the column name of lvar is not the same as passing the 'contextual column' (as I coin it in these circumstances). You can solve it by indeed using [] instead. For my own comfort, here is the relevant line from your original function: Data.tmp <- subset(Fulldf, l