[R] Creating functions of "many" arguments

[Erik Iverson]

On 07/15/2010 08:32 PM, Axel Urbiz wrote:
> Dear users,
>
> My apologies for the simple question. I'd like to create a function where
> the number of arguments is as big as the size of my data set. Supose I have
> n observations in my data, how can I write a function like
>
> fun<- function (x1,x2,....,xn)  {x1*x2*.......*xn}

You take the 'whole object' approach.

x <- 1:10

sum(x)

for example.  You'll have to be more specific with what you want your function 
to do, since there are many ways to do this sort of thing.