On 09-Aug-09 16:06:52, Peng Yu wrote: > Hi, > I know '.' is not a separator in R as in C++. I am wondering where it > discusses the detailed usage of '.' in R. Can somebody point me a > webpage, a manual or a book that discuss this? > > Regards, > Peng
To the best of my knowledge, apart from its specific use as a separator between the integer and fractional parts of a number, "." has no specific use in R, and you can, for instance, use it just as you would use an alphanumeric character in a name. For instance, you could do . <- 1.2345 . # [1] 1.2345 . <- function(x) x^2 .(12) # [1] 144 So, unless there is something I don't know about, there is hardly anything to discuss about "the detailed usage of '.' in R"! Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 09-Aug-09 Time: 17:32:54 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
