[R] character vector as input to function?

[Ben Bolker]

  Well, somebody else will probably respond, but for example:

paca:ben> cat >~/R/test
1 2 3 4

> doit <- function(filename) {
+    path <- "~/R/"  
+    x <- scan(paste(path,filename,sep=""))
+    mean(x)
+ }
> doit("test")
Read 4 items
[1] 2.5


On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Bill Simpson wrote:

> I would like to have a function that inputs a file name, then reads that
> data file and does various stuff to it.
> Something like:
> 
> doit<-function(filename)        
> {
> x<-scan("~/rstuff/data/"filename)
> #for example, if filename is a0.dat, it will scan("~/rstuff/data/a0.dat")  
> ...
> }
> 
> Can someone please tell me how to do this?
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 
> Bill Simpson
> 
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