Through learning R
, I just came across the following code explained here.
open.account <- function(total) {
list(
deposit = function(amount) {
if(amount <= 0)
stop("Deposits must be positive!\n")
total <<- total + amount
cat(amount, "deposited. Your balance is", total, "\n\n")
},
withdraw = function(amount) {
if(amount > total)
stop("You don't have that much money!\n")
total <<- total - amount
cat(amount, "withdrawn. Your balance is", total, "\n\n")
},
balance = function() {
cat("Your balance is", total, "\n\n")
}
)
}
ross <- open.account(100)
robert <- open.account(200)
ross$withdraw(30)
ross$balance()
robert$balance()
ross$deposit(50)
ross$balance()
ross$withdraw(500)
What is the most of my interest about this code, learning the use of "$"
dollar sign which refer to an specific internal function
in open.account()
function. I mean this part :
ross$withdraw(30)
ross$balance()
robert$balance()
ross$deposit(50)
ross$balance()
ross$withdraw(500)
Questions:
1- What is the meaning of the dollar sign "$"
in R
function()
?
2- How to identify its attributes in functions, specially for the functions that you adopting from other (i.e. you did not write it)?
I used the following script
> grep("$", open.account())
[1] 1 2 3
but it is not useful I want to find a way to extract the name(s) of internal functions that can be refer by "$" without just by calling and searching the written code as > open.account()
.
For instance in case of open.account()
I'd like to see something like this:
$deposit
$withdraw
$balance
3- Is there any reference that I can read more about it?
tnx!
?"$"
. – lmo