The difference is in the FAQ:
* In S, the index variable in a `for()' loop is local to the inside of
the loop. In R it is local to the environment where the `for()'
statement is executed.
It is related to the treatment of {...}. In S that starts a separate
frame: in R it does not (do the equivalent). So you are probably
interpreting { ... } in a C-like way, and R is not like that.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Richard Nixon wrote:
> Hello,
> I've had a quick look on the list and can't find an answer to this
niggle.
>
> Whilst debugging some code, I noticed that looping variables in R are not
> local to the loop as seams common in procedural languages.
> For example consider the following piece of code:
>
> for(i in 1:3){
> cat(i,"")
> for(i in c("a","b","c")){
> cat(i,"")
> }
> cat(i,"\n")
> }
>
> In splus this will produce
> 1 a b c 1
> 2 a b c 2
> 3 a b c 3
>
> but in R it produces
> 1 a b c c
> 2 a b c c
> 3 a b c c
>
> That is the second "cat(i,"\n")" in the outer loop has
taken the last value of
> i in the inner loop.
>
> Is anyone in the know as to why R uses global variables in loops? Just
curious
> really, now I know how it works I can watch for it!
>
> Thanks
> Richard
>
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