From ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk  Mon Feb 26 12:57:23 2001
From: ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk (ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:57:23 +0100 (MET)
Subject: [Rd] %*% in examples (PR#855)
Message-ID: <200102261257.NAA14485@pubhealth.ku.dk>

>From R-exts.texi ca line 1125.

The ``comment'' and ``control'' characters @samp{%} and @samp{\}
@emph{always} need to be escaped.  Inside the verbatim-like commands
(@code{\code} and @code{\examples}), no other characters are special.

You need \%*\%, as it suggests there and is used in the base package
examples.

Brian

> From: Torsten.Hothorn@rzmail.uni-erlangen.de
> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:48:36 +0100 (MET)
> To: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [Rd] %*% in examples (PR#855)
> CC: R-bugs@biostat.ku.dk
> X-Loop: R-bugs@biostat.ku.dk
> 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> when we add 
> 
> \examples{
> a <- 1:4
> 
> a %*% a
> }
> 
> into a Rd-file are run R CMD check, the resulting R code is 
> 
> a <- 1:4
> 
> a
> 
> So, %*% ... is lost on the way if I'm not totally confused. 
> 
> Torsten
> 
> --please do not edit the information below--
> 
> Version:
>  platform = i686-pc-linux-gnu
>  arch = i686
>  os = linux-gnu
>  system = i686, linux-gnu
>  status = Patched
>  major = 1
>  minor = 2.0
>  year = 2001
>  month = 01
>  day = 07
>  language = R
> 
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:ctest, Autoloads, package:base
> 
> 
> 
> 
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