[R] variable scope

[Rui Barradas]

Hello,

Maybe local().
Continue your example with

#?local
local(for (i in 1:10) {
   x <- vector(length=100000000)
})

ls()  # not 'i' nor 'x'

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

Em 28-08-2012 19:29, Sam Steingold escreveu:
> At the end of a for loop its variables are still present:
>
> for (i in 1:10) {
>    x <- vector(length=100000000)
> }
> ls()
>
> will print "i" and "x".
> this means that at the end of the for loop body I have to write
>
>    rm(x)
>    gc()
>
> is there a more elegant way to handle this?
>
> Thanks.
>