Hadley: Perhaps... But plyr works only on **basic** data structures, and I referred to all **possible** data strucures (deliberately); so I stand by my statement and note that you did not contradict it.
-- Bert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hadley wickham Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:52 PM To: Bert Gunter Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] repeated searching of no-missing values > graphics,statistical analysis etc. as well as programming. There are just > too many possible data structures to expect logical consistency in their > handling throughout (if one can even define what that means in specific > instances!). I disagree with this claim: I think it is possible to create a logical and consistent set of functions for working with the all basic data structures in R, and this is what I have attempted to do with my plyr package. Any remaining inconsistencies are due to my failings, not the fundamental difficulty of the task. Hadley -- http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
