-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi
I have the following code: x <- data.frame(x1=1, x2=2, y1=3) x$y [1] 3 x$x NULL I was surprised (and definitely irritated?) when I realised that partial matching also works for the $. Is this intended? I assume the reason is that $ is internally a function? Rainer - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9jQ+YACgkQoYgNqgF2egpe7QCeL2us46r9NVtJsXteUhEaBcwe disAn2eY5Ci5/QNgRLOwOs8HVTcF3KHn =Qgnt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________ 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.