[R] Creating a loop with an indefinite end term

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Lavrenz
Everyone, I'm very new to R, especially when it comes to loops and functions, so please bear with me if this is an elementary question. I cannot seem to figure out how to construct a loop which runs a function until a certain value is computed. For example, say I have the following: num =

Re: [R] Creating a loop with an indefinite end term

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Lavrenz
Jones [mailto:jo...@reed.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:46 AM To: Steve Lavrenz Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Creating a loop with an indefinite end term Here are a couple of constructions that work. albyn === num - rep(0,10) for (i in 2

Re: [R] Creating a loop with an indefinite end term

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Lavrenz
From: Jean V Adams [mailto:jvad...@usgs.gov] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:38 PM To: Steve Lavrenz Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Creating a loop with an indefinite end term Do you need a loop at all? Will this do the trick? seq(from=0, to=100, by=5) Jean Steve Lavrenz