On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Jonathan Q. Li wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Look at the following "stupid" function that is created just to
show the
> problem:
>
> outlayer <- function(x)
> {
> inlayer <- function(z){
> e1 <- parent.frame()
> eval(expression(y<-log(z)),e1)
> }
> inlayer(10)
> y
> }
>
> I have a compilation error when running this. My purpose is to create
"y"
> variable equal to log(z) in
> the frame of "outlay". How can I achieve this?
The problem is that you can't evaluate y<-log(z) in the outer frame since
there is no z in the outer frame. You want to evaluate y<-log(10) (or
whatever z happens to be)
One way to do this is to replace your eval() with
eval(substitute(y<-log(z)),e1)
Whether that's the best way depends on what your real example looks like.
-thomas
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