[R] unexpected results with higher-order functions and lapply

I want to use lapply and a function returning a function in order to build a list of functions. genr1 - function(k) {function() {k}} l1 - lapply(1:2,genr1) l1[[1]]() [1] 2 This was unexpected. I had expected the answer to be 1, since that is the value k should be bound to when genr1 is

Re: [R] unexpected results with higher-order functions and lapply

Hi, I believe it's lazy evaluation. See ?force HTH, baptiste On 14 February 2010 20:32, Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya jyotir...@jyotirmoy.net wrote: I want to use lapply and a function returning a function in order to build a list of functions. genr1 - function(k) {function() {k}} l1 -