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> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:36 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [R] Function not returning a vector?
>
> 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.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kevin
>
Change your function definition to one of the following (I don't know which is
"better").
hazard <- function(x,shape,scale)
{
return( (shape/scale) * (x/scale)^(shape - 1) )
}
hazard <- function(x,shape,scale)
{
(shape/scale) * (x/scale)^(shape - 1)
}
Hope this is helpful,
Dan
Daniel J. Nordlund
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Planning, Performance, and Accountability
Research and Data Analysis Division
Olympia, WA 98504-5204
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