Vincy:
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Vincy Pyne <vincy_p...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Meaning of %%
>
> Thanks a lot for the guidance.
>
> Before posting this query, I had tried following things.
>
>> ?%%
> Error: unexpected SPECIAL in "?%%"
>> ??%%
> Error: unexpected SPECIAL in "??%%"
Instead of guessing,why not try reading the Help documentation more
carefully (a failing that I,too, sometimes commit).
help(help) says:
topic usually, a name or character string specifying the topic for
which help is sought. A character string (enclosed in explicit single
or double quotes) is always taken as naming a topic.
The DETAILS section then tells us:
Some topics need to be quoted (by backticks) or given as a character
string. There include those which cannot syntactically appear on their
own such as unary and binary operators, function and control-flow
reserved words (including if, else for, in, repeat, while, break and
next. The other reserved words can be used as if they were names, for
example TRUE, NA and Inf.
%% is a unary operator and ence you need:
help("%%")
or
?"%%"
Moral: The docs sometimes require careful reading -- but the
information is almost always there, so they should be the first place
to go to, not this list.
-- Bert
>
> I also tried search.r-project.org and tried to search there also, but no luck.
>
>> help("%%") GIVES ME
>
> Error in file(out, "wt") : cannot open the connection
>
> In addition: Warning message:
>
> In file(out, "wt") :
>
> cannot open file 'C:\DOCUME~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\RtmpoCnAxB\Rtxt52325f7': No such
> file or directory
>
>
> Regards
>
> Vincy
>
>
> --- On Wed, 7/13/11, ONKELINX, Thierry <thierry.onkel...@inbo.be> wrote:
>
> From: ONKELINX, Thierry <thierry.onkel...@inbo.be>
> Subject: RE: [R] Meaning of "%%"
> To: "Vincy Pyne" <vincy_p...@yahoo.ca>, "r-help@r-project.org"
> <r-help@r-project.org>
> Received: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 10:13 AM
>
> help("%%")
>
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>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org]
>> Namens Vincy Pyne
>> Verzonden: woensdag 13 juli 2011 12:00
>> Aan: r-help@r-project.org
>> Onderwerp: [R] Meaning of "%%"
>>
>> Dear r helpers
>>
>> This may be very elementary question but I couldn't figure out what does the
>> operator %% do?
>>
>> E.g.
>>
>> p <- 100
>> q <- 200
>>
>> p%%q
>> [1] 100
>>
>> q%%p
>> [1] 0
>>
>> Please guide.
>>
>> Vincy
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