No. We figured this out in 1968. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=362929.362947
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 3:20 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Aug 1, 2013, at 6:58 PM, Peter Maclean wrote: > >> Does R has a GO TO function? For example, I want to run this script at a >> given interval and save the results. >> > > Generally communication is more effective if you make your goals clear in a > natural language (English in the case of this mailing list) first. > >> #Step one >> a <- Sys.time() >> b <- paste("Figure_", a, sep = " ") >> shape <- as.numeric(a)/100000000 >> scale <- as.numeric(a)/10000000000 >> #I want to save the file using "b" object (above) as a file name >> #However it is saved as b.pdf >> pdf("f:/b.pdf") #How to save the file using "b" above? > > Perhaps: > > pdf(file=paste0("f:/", b, ".pdf")) > >> par(mfrow=c(2,1)) >> x <- sort(rgamma(100, shape=shape, scale = scale)) >> y <- dgamma(x, shape=shape, scale = scale) >> par(mfrow=c(2,1)) >> plot(x, y, type="l",col="red", lwd=5) >> >> #Step 2 >> Sys.sleep(2) # For Quick results in the model it is one hour >> shape <- (as.numeric(Sys.time()))/100000000 >> scale <- (as.numeric(Sys.time()))/10000000000 >> x <- sort(rgamma(100, shape=shape, scale = scale)) >> y <- dgamma(x, shape=shape, scale = scale) >> plot(x, y, type="b",col=" dark red", lwd=5) >> dev.off() >> #Step 3 >> Sys.sleep(2) #Again in the model it is one hour > > # .... "it"? It would help if you explained what "it" is. > >> #I Want to go back to step 1 to start over again >> > > I think is a measure of my success in training my mind to think functionally > that I cannot conceive of how I would use GOTO as a function. > > (Using `replicate`, I can imagine.) > > -- > David. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Peter Maclean >> Department of Economics >> UDSM >> [[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. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > ______________________________________________ > 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.