[R] Problem in executing R-script

[R. Michael Weylandt]

R is a functional language so, by default, assignments (and other
things) within function scope doesn't have global effects. This is
generally considered a _very good thing_ in language design. You'd
perhaps prefer something like:

readData <- function() {
    read.csv("medialData.csv")
}

med <- readData()

which will have the desired outcome.

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Suhaila Haji Mohd Hussin
<bell_beauty12 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello. I'm a newbie here.
> In my script (I name it readData.R), I wrote the followings:
> readData <-function(){  med = read.csv("medicalData.csv");}
> Then I tested the script by 'Source R Code' then on the command I typed 'readData()' then I typed 'med' to check if the variable contains the medical data but it returned 'Object med is not found'. What did I do wrong? Please help.
> Cheers,Suhaila
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