Re: [Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?

2016-02-19 Thread Cook, Malcolm
or digging into the source - you have unearthed the root cause. ~Malcolm > > In my opinion, one or the other should change (the behavior of data, or the > documentation). > > > > , > > > > ~ Malcolm > > > > > > > -Original Mess

Re: [Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?

2016-02-19 Thread peter dalgaard
of > "factor". > > R> myiris<-read.table("data/myiris.tab",header=TRUE,as.is=FALSE) > R> class(myiris$Species) > [1] "factor" > > So it seems like adding as.is = FALSE to the call in the documentation > would clear this up. > >> In m

Re: [Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?

2016-02-18 Thread Michael Nelson
-boun...@r-project.org] on behalf of Cook, Malcolm [m...@stowers.org] Sent: Friday, 19 February 2016 11:03 AM To: 'peter dalgaard' Cc: r-de...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()? Hi Peter, Sorry if I was not clear. Perhaps an example will mak

Re: [Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?

2016-02-18 Thread Joshua Ulrich
ear this up. > In my opinion, one or the other should change (the behavior of data, or the > documentation). > > , > > ~ Malcolm > > > > -Original Message----- > > From: peter dalgaard [mailto:pda...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 3:32

Re: [Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?

2016-02-18 Thread Cook, Malcolm
hange (the behavior of data, or the documentation). , ~ Malcolm > -Original Message- > From: peter dalgaard [mailto:pda...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 3:32 PM > To: Cook, Malcolm <m...@stowers.org> > Cc: r-de...@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject:

Re: [Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?

2016-02-18 Thread peter dalgaard
What the are you on about? data() does many things, only some of which call read.table() et al., and the ones that do have no special treatment of stringsAsFactors. -pd > On 18 Feb 2016, at 21:25 , Cook, Malcolm wrote: > > Hiya, > > Probably been debated elsewhere >

[Rd] should `data` respect default.stringsAsFactors()?

2016-02-18 Thread Cook, Malcolm
Hiya, Probably been debated elsewhere I note that R's `data` function does not respect default.stringsAsFactors By my lights, it should, especially as it is documented to call read.table, which DOES respect. Oh, but: