This is a case of you can't please everyone. A while back there was some complaint that "Introduction to R" spent to much time on talking about the different types of variables, just the opposite complaint of yours.
There are several other sources of documentation (look under the books link on the R homepage or the contributed documentation link on any CRAN site, also browse through the newsletter). For more in depth information on variable types and object oriented programming in R you may want to invest in a copy of "S Programming" by Venables and Ripley. If you have specific questions (about data types, or other) then tell us what you have read and what you still do not understand and you are more likely to get a useful answer. (also read the posting guide that is referenced at the bottom of almost all posts to the list). -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beck, Kenneth (STP) > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 3:56 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Documentation General Comments > > I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have > little time for this, but the documentation really needs some > serious reorganizaton. > A good through description of basic variable types would help > a lot, e.g. the difference between lists, arrays, matrices > and frames. And, it appears there is some object-orientation > to R, but it is not complete. I can't, for instance find a > "metafile" method for a "recordedplot" type, using either the > variable direclty or the replayPlot() method. I am sorry to > post this, but I am really having trouble sorting out certain > methods in "R". The basic tutorial "Introduction to R" is so > basic, it hardly helps at all, then digging through > documentation is really an exercise in frustration. The > SimpleR is also so basic it is of little help other than to > just get started. I occasionally find answers in the mailing > list. See my later post on recordPlot for a good example. > ______________________________________________ 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.
