> A <- list(B=1, C=2, D=3) # A list of 3 elements
> attach(A) # Attach it to the search list
> assign("D", 4, pos="A") # Assign a new value to 'D', inside 'A'
> ls()
D # Looks good ...
> D
4 # Looks good ...
> A
$B
[1] 1
$C
[1] 1
$D
[1] 3 # Huh?
*Both* values of 'D' somehow live in 'A':
> detach("A")
> attach("A")
> D
3 # Now the changed value is gone
I'd greatly appreciate if you'd let me know if I'm just doing something
silly; my email is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But even if I *am* doing something silly, perhaps there's something in
the documentation that might be changed to prevent someone else from
making the same error.
Thanks!
larry
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Version:
platform = i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch = i686
os = linux-gnu
system = i686, linux-gnu
status =
major = 1
minor = 6.1
year = 2002
month = 11
day = 01
language = R
Search Path:
.GlobalEnv, A, package:ctest, Autoloads, package:base
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