Message-ID: <4952A8DF.6030503@idi.ntnu.no>
Date: 2008-12-24T21:25:51Z
From: Wacek Kusnierczyk
Subject: filling values in a vector using smaller vector
In-Reply-To: <200812240802.37991.mph@emotrics.com>
Milton Huang wrote:
> Thank you both for such beautiful solutions. Just what I was looking for! I
> love the Internet, R, and the R-list! There is so much opportunity to learn.
> In fact, looking at the replace function, I see the two solutions are the
> same:
>
>
>> replace
>>
> function (x, list, values)
> {
> x[list] <- values
> x
> }
> <environment: namespace:base>
>
>
not exactly. an application of replace generates a local copy of the
data, and whatever you pass to replace as x will not be modified, while
if you do the assignment yourself, you'll modify the data.
> Thanks again. You made my day. Have a happy holiday season.
>
you too! meRRy chRistmas and a happy new yeaR to all subscRibeRs.
vQ