<rkevinburton <at> charter.net> writes: > > Why does: > > (shape/scale) * (1:365/scale)^(shape - 1) > > return a vector of numbers but calling a function > > hasard(1:365,shape,scale) > > defined like: > > hazard <- function(x,shape,scale) > { > return (shape/scale) * (x/scale)^(shape - 1) > } > > Only return a single value? It is like x becomes a single value passed as an argument. >
I believe you have a couple of typos. Your function is returning shape/scale only. Try: hazard <- function(x,shape,scale) { return ((shape/scale) * (x/scale)^(shape - 1)) } ______________________________________________ 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.