Re: [Rd] backtick notation

2003-08-14 Thread Peter Dalgaard BSA
Thomas Lumley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > > > > Could someone explain the thinking behind the backtick notation in > > r-devel? > > > > I think I understand that it can be used to refer to variable names > > which would otherwise not conform to

Re: [Rd] backtick notation

2003-08-14 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > Could someone explain the thinking behind the backtick notation in > r-devel? > > I think I understand that it can be used to refer to variable names > which would otherwise not conform to R syntax; however, assign and > as.name already allow you t

[Rd] backtick notation

2003-08-09 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
Could someone explain the thinking behind the backtick notation in r-devel? I think I understand that it can be used to refer to variable names which would otherwise not conform to R syntax; however, assign and as.name already allow you to do this. Is there more to it than that? Is backtick no