[R] global variable

[Peter Malewski]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Christine Serres wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know if it is possible to make global variables in R.
> My problem is that I use the same data frame in many different functions
> that I have written, but it implies a very big waste of time because it
> slow down the program.
> So I would use my data frame without need to copy it each time in
> another function to have a faster program execution.
> How can I do ??

You can set 

options(xx=T)

and use 

option("xx")

in your functions, but make sure you don't use names which are already in
use. 

Pm





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