Hi,
I have noticed that there is a change in the use of ellipses or . in R versions 2.6.1 and later. In versions 2.5.1 and earlier, the . were always at the end of the argument list, but in 2.6.1 they are placed after the main arguments and before method control arguments. This results in the user having to specify the exact (complete) names of the control arguments, i.e. partial matching is not allowed. An example with integrate() : > integrate(function(x) exp(-x^2), lower=-Inf, upper=L, subdiv=1000) Error in f(x, ...) : unused argument(s) (subdiv = 1000) > integrate(function(x) exp(-x^2), lower=-Inf, upper=L, subdivisions=1000) 1.633051 with absolute error < 1.6e-06 Here is an example with optim(): > res <- optim(50, fw, meth="BFGS", control=list(maxit=20000, temp=20, parscale=20)) Error in fn(par, ...) : unused argument(s) (meth = "BFGS") FYI, I am using R version 2.6.1 on Windows XP. May I ask what the rationale behind this change is and also about the pros and cons of the two different ways of specifying (.)? Thank you very much. Best, Ravi. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, The Center on Aging and Health Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Johns Hopkins University Ph: (410) 502-2619 Fax: (410) 614-9625 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webpage: http://www.jhsph.edu/agingandhealth/People/Faculty/Varadhan.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
