[R] changing function argument

Hi, I wonder if the following is possible in R: Suppose a function takes an argument, and wants to modify this argument so that the change is visible _at the call side_. It would be what is for example known as pass-by-reference-to-non-const in C++. test - function(x) { x - 10 ... return

Re: [R] changing function argument

Thomas Mang thomas.mang at fiwi.at writes: I wonder if the following is possible in R: Suppose a function takes an argument, and wants to modify this argument so that the change is visible _at the call side_. It would be what is for example known as pass-by-reference-to-non-const in C++.

Re: [R] changing function argument

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, Thomas Mang wrote: Hi, I wonder if the following is possible in R: Suppose a function takes an argument, and wants to modify this argument so that the change is visible _at the call side_. It would be what is for example known as pass-by-reference-to-non-const in C++.

Re: [R] changing function argument

Dieter Menne wrote: Thomas Mang thomas.mang at fiwi.at writes: I wonder if the following is possible in R: Suppose a function takes an argument, and wants to modify this argument so that the change is visible _at the call side_. It would be what is for example known as