First, you should define your function as : test <- function(cand2,phi,lambda, whatever-arguments-you-want-to-use-further){... insert code here ...} All variables you use inside a function only exist within that function. Your parameters/arguments is the interface between the function and the outside world.
Then you can refer to it as : test(cand2=...,phi=...,lambda=...,whatever-=...) In any case, if you use a function there is hardly any need to use foreach(). With a correctly defined function, I'd use lapply() instead. Kind regards On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:56 AM, dunno87 <benparker1...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > Thanks in advance for your help. > This is my first time using the foreach statement and I cant get it to work > properly so here is what i have > > test<-function(){ > repeat { > cand2[l-1]<-rinvgamma(1,phi,lambda[l-1]) > q2<-dinvgamma(cand2[l-1],phi,lambda[l-1]) > p2<-cand2[l-1]^-1.5*exp(-y[l]^2/(2*cand2[l-1]))*exp(-((log(cand2[l-1])-mu_t_cand[l-1])^2)/2*sigmasq) > ratio<-p2/(c[l-1]*q2) > if (runif(1)< ratio) {break} > } > f2[l-1]<-min(p2,c[l-1]*q2) > }} > foreach(l=2:(n-1),.combine=c,.packages='MCMCpack',.options.nws=li > st(chunkSize=250)) %dopar% test() > > even though i've created the array earlier called cand2 when i run this code > i get the error object "cand2" not found. > > What I'm trying to do is the rejection method for my cand2. i need cand2 and > f2 as vectors as output both of length l-2 in the correct order. > > if i do a for loop as normal it works perfectly. Any ideas? > > Ben > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/foreach-loop---rejection-method-tp25796927p25796927.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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.