R help - Sep 2013 - Access of odfWeave function to variables that are defined inside a function

Hi everyone!

I have now been using odfWeave() for a while in order to make some word
document reports of my data. I have encountered a problem when I try to
organize my program script into some functions. It seems that if I use the
odfWeave() within a function, then odfWeave() is not able to access the
variables that are defined inside the body of the same function that runs
odfWeave(). Here is a simple example of what I mean:

report.year <- function(){
    year=2011
    odfWeave(sourcefile,outputfile)
}

report.year()

When I run report.year(), I get the error message: object 'year' not
found

However, if I define the year out of the body of the function where I run
report.year(), then I don't get such error and I can produce my report.

I am wondering if this is something expected when using odfWeave due to its
nature of being able to only access the variables on the first level, or
should I somehow give access to the variables that are defined in the higher
levels (I mean within the body of my functions)?

I would actually like to report some of the variables that can only be
defined within this function, is there any way of doing it inside the body
of my report.year() function?

I appreciate it a lot if anyone can give me some hint about what I can do in
order to correct for this.

Best regards,
Sahar 




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