[R] GO TO function in R

Barry Rowlingson b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk
Fri Aug 2 16:41:03 CEST 2013


No. We figured this out in 1968.
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=362929.362947


On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 3:20 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Aug 1, 2013, at 6:58 PM, Peter Maclean wrote:
>
>> Does R has a GO TO function? For example, I want to run this script at a given interval and save the results.
>>
>
> Generally communication is more effective if you make your goals clear in a natural language (English in the case of this mailing list) first.
>
>> #Step one
>> a <- Sys.time()
>> b <- paste("Figure_", a, sep = " ")
>> shape <- as.numeric(a)/100000000
>> scale <- as.numeric(a)/10000000000
>> #I want to save the file using "b" object (above) as a file name
>> #However it is saved as b.pdf
>> pdf("f:/b.pdf") #How to save the file using "b" above?
>
> Perhaps:
>
> pdf(file=paste0("f:/", b, ".pdf"))
>
>> par(mfrow=c(2,1))
>> x <- sort(rgamma(100, shape=shape, scale = scale))
>> y <- dgamma(x, shape=shape, scale = scale)
>> par(mfrow=c(2,1))
>> plot(x, y, type="l",col="red", lwd=5)
>>
>> #Step 2
>> Sys.sleep(2) # For Quick results in the model it is one hour
>> shape <- (as.numeric(Sys.time()))/100000000
>> scale <- (as.numeric(Sys.time()))/10000000000
>> x <- sort(rgamma(100, shape=shape, scale = scale))
>> y <- dgamma(x, shape=shape, scale = scale)
>> plot(x, y, type="b",col=" dark red", lwd=5)
>> dev.off()
>> #Step 3
>> Sys.sleep(2)  #Again in the model it is one hour
>
> # .... "it"?      It would help if you explained what "it" is.
>
>> #I Want to go back to step 1 to start over again
>>
>
> I think is a measure of my success in training my mind to think functionally that I cannot conceive of how I would use GOTO as a function.
>
> (Using `replicate`, I can imagine.)
>
> --
> David.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Peter Maclean
>> Department of Economics
>> UDSM
>>       [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>
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>
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
>
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