From pburns at pburns.seanet.com  Sat Jan 24 18:21:35 2004
From: pburns at pburns.seanet.com (Patrick Burns)
Date: Sat Jan 24 18:24:08 2004
Subject: [Rd] Another wishlist for R
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401241416280.11292-100000@gannet.stats>
Message-ID: <4012A99F.8030004@pburns.seanet.com>

Brian,

I'm surprised too -- good catch.

Pat

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

>Add to package utils in R-devel, after correction.  I was surprised you
>had fallen into the 1:0 trap:
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>>x <- character(0)
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>is not I think what anyone wants.
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>On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Patrick Burns wrote:
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>>I vote utils.
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>>Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
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>>>Note that `R base' could mean the base package or the R distribution, and 
>>>I don't know which is meant.  Could one of you please clarify?
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>>>The base package in R-devel is much reduced, but these could be a 
>>>candidates for the `utils' (or perhaps `tools') packages.
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>>>On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Patrick Burns wrote:
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>>>>Warnes, Gregory R wrote:
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>>>>>>1. Add "head" and "tail" to R base.  
>>>>>> Patrick Burns has these: 
>>>>>>http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/public.html#genutil
>>>>>> Very handy functions for checking data manipulation.
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>>>>>How about we just add these to a package available on CRAN?  How about we
>>>>>just make a package of the Burns Statistics functions?  There are already
>>>>>.Rd files...
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>>>>This sounds suspiciously like an editorial "we".
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>>>>I do have plans of a package of Burns Statistics functions, but haven't
>>>>got around to it yet.  However, I do agree with Kevin that "head" and
>>>>"tail" are good candidates for base (though I'm not sure it would be
>>>>number 1 on my wishlist).  "head" and especially "tail" have value in
>>>>programming as well as interactive use, which I think is a stronger
>>>>argument for inclusion in base than just being handy interactively.  
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>>>>Patrick Burns
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>>>>Burns Statistics
>>>>patrick@burns-stat.com
>>>>+44 (0)20 8525 0696
>>>>http://www.burns-stat.com
>>>>(home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
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[Rd] Another wishlist for R
Patrick Burns