Rebind an existing name.

Source: R/rebind.r

This function is similar to <<- with two exceptions:

rebind(name, value, env = parent.frame())

Arguments

name

name of existing binding to re-assign

value

new value

env

environment to start search in.

Details

  • if no existing binding is found, it throws an error

  • it does not recurse past the global environment into the attached packages

Examples

a <- 1
rebind("a", 2)
a
#> [1] 2
# Throws error if no existing binding
if (FALSE) rebind("b", 2) # \dontrun{}

local({
  rebind("a", 3)
})
a
#> [1] 3

# Can't find get because doesn't look past globalenv
if (FALSE) rebind("get", 1) # \dontrun{}