I would second Dieter's point. 2009/5/18 Dieter Menne <dieter.me...@menne-biomed.de>: > Patrick Burns <pburns <at> pburns.seanet.com> writes: > >> >> I disagree with Dieter's last point. >> Whether you use 'attach' or 'load' >> should depend on whether you want the >> objects in the file to remain separate >> ('attach') or mixed into the global >> environment ('load'). > > > Technically a good point, but I found it helpful for starters who want to > avoid the inferno of "what's attached now?" not to use it at all. > My suggestion is to use with() instead because it has a higher locality. > > I know, many of the examples use attach. > > Dieter > > ______________________________________________ > 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. >
-- HUANG Ronggui, Wincent PhD Candidate Dept of Public and Social Administration City University of Hong Kong Home page: http://asrr.r-forge.r-project.org/rghuang.html ______________________________________________ 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.