[R] I might be dumb : a simple question about "foreach"

[Daya Atapattu]

This problem is due to a bug in the iterators package.
It has been fixed in version 1.0.2 of iterators, which is
on CRAN now.

- Daya

Daya Atapattu
Revolution Computing


Olivier ETERRADOSSI wrote:
> Many thanks David for making the connection betweeen the two reports.
> If I understand, other french users may have faced the same problem...
> However I'll wait until it's solved to have a look at "foreach".
> Regards. Olivier
>
> David M Smith a écrit :
>> A user in Japan reported a similar problem on the Revolutions blog ( 
>> http://bit.ly/FKP2I ), and my best guess is that it's an 
>> (unintended!) effect of using locales. The developers in New Haven 
>> are looking at it, and I expect they'll be able to post an update to 
>> CRAN soon.
>>
>> # David Smith
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Olivier ETERRADOSSI 
>> <Olivier.Eterradossi at ema.fr <mailto:Olivier.Eterradossi at ema.fr>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi list,
>>     My attention was drawn to the foreach package by recent posts...I
>>     decided to have a look...
>>     I'm using R.2.9.1 on Windows, I have downloaded the foreach
>>     package today (v 1.2.1), together with iterators (v. 1.0.1) and
>>     codetools (v.0.2-2).
>>     Full of hope I try the most simple thing of all out of the package
>>     vignette :
>>
>>          x <- foreach(i = 1:3) %do% sqrt(i)
>>
>>     and get :
>>
>>         Erreur dans sqrt(i) : indice hors limites ( i.e. "error in
>>         sqrt(i) : index out of bounds")
>>
>>     but when trying :
>>
>>         x<-foreach(i = 1:3) %do% print(sqrt(i))
>>
>>     I get :
>>
>>         [1] 1
>>         [1] 1.414214
>>         [1] 1.732051
>>         Erreur dans print(sqrt(i)) : indice hors limites
>>
>>     Probably I didn't drink enough coffee this morning and I'm still
>>     asleep : it is obvious that  I miss a point... but I am unable to
>>     see which one.
>>     Any help appreciated ! Many thanks, and very best regards Olivier
>>
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