http://www.lemnica.com/esotericR/Introducing-Closures/
Any function you work with will be a closure -- primitives are built-in functions that users can't create. (without source editing & recompiling R) E.g. the function c() (type it without parentheses at the prompt to see its "code") Let me know if I can explain more, Michael On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Ajay Askoolum <aa2e...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > The "R Language Definition" at > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-lang.html states in the following > section > > 4.3.2 Argument matching > This subsection applies to closures but not to primitive functions. > > What are 'closures'? > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.