Enclosing variables within for loop

Question

So consider the following chunk of code which does not work as most people might expect it to

#cartoon example
a <- c(3,7,11)
f <- list()

#manual ini         


        

Answer 1

Will this approach work for you?

ff<-list()
for(i in 1:3) {
    fillit <- parse(text=paste0('a[',i,']+x' ))
   ff[[i]] <- function(x) ''
   body(ff[[i]])[1]<-fillit
}

It's sort of a lower-level way to construct a function, but it does work "as you want it to."