>> It's also a really good reason to use [[ in functions or anywhere there >> might be a chance of >> confusion. > > Absolutely - I think I have to change my habit. I always prefered using $ as > it seemed to me more > logical.
I started out that way because it's shorter and nicer-looking code, but it can cause partial-matching problems, and also LaTeX annoyances in Sweave code. Someday I'll go back through my packages and get rid of all the lingering $. R: lots of ways to do the same thing, but some of them are booby-trapped. Sarah -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ 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.