The problem is that the a is within the function
You can easily solve this by
test <- function () { a <- "new"; return(a) }
a=test()
Best regards,
Kristel
(or test <- function () { return(a <- "new")})
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I try to define a global variable.
>
> My example:
>
> R> a <- "old"
> R> test <- function () { a <- "new" }
> R> test()
> R> a # shoud be "new"
>
> This doesn't work. I would like to modify the variable "a" in a
> procedure. How can I do that.
>
> Thank you for helping.
>
> Sven Knüppel (Germany-Berlin)
>
>
>
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