Re: [R] fortune nomination WAS: Re: How long does it take to learn the R programming language?

"R longa, vita brevis." On Thu, 29 Sept 2022 at 07:02, Berry, Charles wrote: > Aha! > CCB > > > On Sep 27, 2022, at 6:08 PM, Rolf Turner > wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:14:57 +0800 > > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > > > >> Subject: How long does it take to learn the R

Re: [R] fortune nomination WAS: Re: How long does it take to learn the R programming language?

A minute to learn, a lifetime to master? -- H On Wed, 28 Sept 2022 at 11:03, Berry, Charles wrote: > Aha! > CCB > > > On Sep 27, 2022, at 6:08 PM, Rolf Turner > wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:14:57 +0800 > > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > > > >> Subject: How long does it

[R] fortune nomination WAS: Re: How long does it take to learn the R programming language?

Aha! CCB > On Sep 27, 2022, at 6:08 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:14:57 +0800 > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > >> Subject: How long does it take to learn the R programming language? >> >> Good day from Singapore, >> >> How long does it take to learn the R

Re: [R] Fortune nomination .... Re: Looping through a dataframe

- From: "John Kane" To: "David Winsemius" Cc: "R. Help Mailing List" Sent: Saturday, 25 July, 2020 02:55:34 Subject: Re: [R] Fortune nomination Re: Looping through a dataframe Yes I think so. On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 20:53, David Winsemius wrote:

Re: [R] Fortune nomination .... Re: Looping through a dataframe

or open port for nominations despite a bit of searching. TIA and very best to all, Chris - Original Message - > From: "John Kane" > To: "David Winsemius" > Cc: "R. Help Mailing List" > Sent: Saturday, 25 July, 2020 02:55:34 > Subject: Re: [R

Re: [R] Fortune nomination .... Re: Looping through a dataframe

Yes I think so. On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 20:53, David Winsemius wrote: > > On 7/21/20 2:31 PM, Jim Lemon wrote: > > I want to get a total for the number of years of data for each > company. When I loop through the data > > After two one liners using `table`: > > I'm too lazy to provide a

[R] Fortune nomination .... Re: Looping through a dataframe

On 7/21/20 2:31 PM, Jim Lemon wrote: I want to get a total for the number of years of data for each company. When I loop through the data After two one liners using `table`: I'm too lazy to provide a difficult way. Jim __

[R] Fortune nomination!

On 2020-06-15 9:26 a.m., Martin Maechler wrote: > It allows you to smell the true original fresh air if you > want instead of having to breathe continuously being wrapped > inside sugar candy. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

[R] fortune nomination WAS:Re: help

"You need Santa Claus not r-help." in response to an unrealistic and poorly posed request for help. Best, Chuck > On Dec 13, 2018, at 11:12 AM, David L Carlson wrote: > > You need Santa Claus not r-help. You haven't given us a fraction of the > information we would need to help. You don't

Re: [R] Fortune candidate

On 1/27/2018 12:16 PM, David Winsemius wrote: John (to a serial querulant): ...but with such a sweeping lack of information from you, don't congratulate yourself if you get a helpful answer. It wasn't your fault. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA Second that nomination! 'Any

Re: [R] Fortune candidate

On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, David Winsemius wrote: John (to a serial querulant): ...but with such a sweeping lack of information from you, don't congratulate yourself if you get a helpful answer. It wasn't your fault. Looks like what H.L. Menken or P.G. Wodehouse would have written. Rich

[R] Fortune candidate

John (to a serial querulant): ...but with such a sweeping lack of information from you, don't congratulate yourself if you get a helpful answer. It wasn't your fault. David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's

Re: [R] fortune candidate

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017, J C Nash wrote: From Dirk E. on the R-devel list Many things a developer / power-user would do are very difficult on Windows. It is one of the charms of the platform. On the other hand you do get a few solitaire games so I guess everybody is happy. Thanks, added to the

[R] fortune candidate

>From Dirk E. on the R-devel list > Many things a developer / power-user would do are very difficult on > Windows. It is one of the charms of the platform. On the other hand you do > get a few solitaire games so I guess everybody is happy. JN __

Re: [R] Fortune candidate: Re: Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

Thanks, Sarah, added now in the devel-package on R-Forge. Z On Tue, 31 May 2016, Sarah Goslee wrote: On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: However, please don't apply R like a magic answers box, because you can mislead others and cause harm.

[R] Fortune candidate: Re: Whether statistical background is must to learn R language

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > > > However, please don't apply R like a magic answers box, because you can > mislead others and cause harm. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and

Re: [R] Fortune candidate, was Re: Shaded areas in R

On Thu, 26 May 2016, Michael Dewey wrote: In a reply Duncan said Nice, thanks, added to the "fortunes" package on R-Forge now. Best, Z On 26/05/2016 16:12, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 26/05/2016 11:03 AM, Óscar Jiménez wrote: You should try things; R won't break. Duncan Murdoch

[R] Fortune candidate, was Re: Shaded areas in R

In a reply Duncan said On 26/05/2016 16:12, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 26/05/2016 11:03 AM, Óscar Jiménez wrote: You should try things; R won't break. Duncan Murdoch __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see

[R] Fortune nomination; was Re: (no subject)

On Jun 24, 2014, at 7:52 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: Jeff Newmiller's rhelp/ggplot strategy checklist: Reproducibility == good (except for mixing in invalid code and failing to set RNG seed) HTML email == bad Missing subject == bad Using matrices with ggplot == pushing a rope Using for

[R] Fortune?

Fortune? Where did lost variables go, with example Sent from my iPhone On Dec 31, 2013, at 7:36 PM, David Parkhurst parkh...@imap.iu.edu parkh...@imap.iu.edu wrote: Thank you. I've tried what you're suggesting, at an earlier suggestion from another respondent, and I don't find my

[R] Fortune? [was: Re: quotation marks and scan]

[See in-line below] On 17-Nov-2013 22:38:30 Rolf Turner wrote: (1) The backslashes are not really there; they are an artefact of the R print() function. Try cat(u,\n). I think this might be an FAQ. (2) Is not your problem the fact that your are setting replacement equal to the thing

Re: [R] Fortune? [was: Re: quotation marks and scan]

On Sun, 17 Nov 2013, Ted Harding wrote: [See in-line below] On 17-Nov-2013 22:38:30 Rolf Turner wrote: (1) The backslashes are not really there; they are an artefact of the R print() function. Try cat(u,\n). I think this might be an FAQ. (2) Is not your problem the fact that your are

[R] Fortune?, was Re: Recovering object names when using the ... argument in a fn XXXX

At 19:05 18/10/2013, William Dunlap wrote: However, I do not understand the substitute(...()) idiom. Would you care to explain it? (No is an acceptable answer!). I don't completely understand it either, I treat it as an idiom. I saw it on this list once. Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO

Re: [R] Fortune?, was Re: Recovering object names when using the ... argument in a fn XXXX

On Sat, 19 Oct 2013, Michael Dewey wrote: At 19:05 18/10/2013, William Dunlap wrote: However, I do not understand the substitute(...()) idiom. Would you care to explain it? (No is an acceptable answer!). I don't completely understand it either, I treat it as an idiom. I saw it on

[R] Fortune candidate! Re: Why can't R understand if(num!=NA)?

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:36 PM, David Winsemius dwinsem...@comcast.net wrote: On May 3, 2013, at 17:24 , jpm miao wrote: I have a program, when I write if(num!=NA) snipped On May 3, 2013, at 10:46 AM, peter dalgaard wrote: Because comparison with an unknown value yields an unknown

[R] Fortune nomination

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:01 AM, David Winsemius dwinsem...@comcast.net wrote: (In response to an OP's aplogy for an awkwardly worded question): Awkwardly worded questions will get much better answers if they are accompanied by some test data. Fortune nomination! Cheers, Bert -- David

Re: [R] Fortune nomination

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, Bert Gunter wrote: On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:01 AM, David Winsemius dwinsem...@comcast.net wrote: (In response to an OP's aplogy for an awkwardly worded question): Awkwardly worded questions will get much better answers if they are accompanied by some test data.

[R] Fortune nominattion.

I would like to nominate the following quote from a posting to R-sig-Geo by Roger Bivand as a fortune: Some OSX users know that OSX is really Unix [...]; others think that OSX is cooler Windows, and they have ontological problems with non-Apple phenomena and constructs. cheers,

[R] Fortune? -- was Re: optim with simulated annealing SANN ...

Folks: I thought John Nash's comment below was profound and a possible Fortunes candidate: (Aside: I believe it applies to a great deal of what is discussed on this list, not just stochastic optimization.) Cheers, Bert ... (in the context of stochastic optimization) ... As with many tools in

Re: [R] Fortune? -- was Re: optim with simulated annealing SANN ...

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Bert Gunter wrote: Folks: I thought John Nash's comment below was profound and a possible Fortunes candidate: (Aside: I believe it applies to a great deal of what is discussed on this list, not just stochastic optimization.) Thanks for the pointer, very true indeed - and

[R] Fortune! (Was: How to *completely* stop a script after stop()?)

On 15 January 2011 at 11:29, Carl Witthoft wrote: | | Somehow this reminds me of a famous FORTRAN code snippet: | | 10 STOP | STOP | STOP | ! IN CASE STILL SKIDDING | GOTO 10 Immediate candidate for the fortunes package! Dirk | quote | From: Marius Hofert m_hofert_at_web.de | Date: Sat,

Re: [R] Fortune! (Was: How to *completely* stop a script after stop()?)

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: On 15 January 2011 at 11:29, Carl Witthoft wrote: | | Somehow this reminds me of a famous FORTRAN code snippet: | | 10 STOP | STOP | STOP | ! IN CASE STILL SKIDDING | GOTO 10 Immediate candidate for the fortunes package! Thx, added on R-Forge. Z

[R] Fortune?

On average, any data manipulation that can be described in a sentence or two of English can be programmed in one line in R. If you find yourself writing a long 'for' loop to do something that sounds simple, take a step back and research if an existing combination of functions can easily handle

Re: [R] Fortune?

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Bert Gunter gunter.ber...@gene.com wrote: On average, any data manipulation that can be described in a sentence or two of English can be programmed in one line in R. If you find yourself writing a long 'for' loop to do something that sounds simple, take a step

Re: [R] Fortune?

Bert, thanks for the pointer, added to the devel version of fortunes on R-Forge. thx, Z On Fri, 25 Jun 2010, Bert Gunter wrote: On average, any data manipulation that can be described in a sentence or two of English can be programmed in one line in R. If you find yourself writing a long

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

Hi r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 23.02.2010 05:50:25: I have a concern with the sentiment expressed: When one is new to a language, it is often not easy to know where to start in the available documentation. It's hard to RTFM when one does not know which FM2R.

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

On 2/23/2010 5:07 AM, Cedrick Johnson wrote: library(rant) I'm sorry: I'm not familiar with the rant package. I couldn't find it on CRAN. I recall just over a year ago (Fall08) when I was new to the R language. I realize there's a steep curve in any language, especially with R and the

[R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

One vote goes to Dave's answer! You made (saved) my day detlef On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:07:23 + Dr. David Kirkby david.kir...@onetel.net wrote: chinna wrote: hi everyone, i am new to R project can anyone please help me by providing documents my goal is using R i have to connect

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

Thanks for the pointer, Detlef, added to the devel-version on R-Forge. Z On Mon, 22 Feb 2010, Detlef Steuer wrote: One vote goes to Dave's answer! You made (saved) my day detlef On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:07:23 + Dr. David Kirkby david.kir...@onetel.net wrote: chinna wrote: hi everyone,

Re: [R] Fortune candidate! Re: new to R Project

I have a concern with the sentiment expressed: When one is new to a language, it is often not easy to know where to start in the available documentation. It's hard to RTFM when one does not know which FM2R. I currently subscribe to email help for three other open source

[R] fortune-like FAQ search

Dear list, I'm not so familiar with the internals of the fortunes package, but I really like the interface. I was wondering if someone had implemented a similar functionality to parse the entries of the R FAQ http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html . Say, if I was to answer a question Why

Re: [R] fortune, was: SAS datalines or cards statement equivalent in R?

Rolf Turner wrote: ... To paraphrase Eric Blair: ``SAS-thinkers unbellyfeel R-speak.'' cheers, Rolf Turner This *has* to be a fortune. Pat ## Attention:\ This e-mail message is privileged and

[R] Fortune?

Ben Bolker wrote (to the r-sig-mixed-models list): I still don't know what to do about the compromise between how statistics should be done and how journal editors seem to insist it should be done ... This seems to me to be worthy of being included as a fortune.

[R] fortune warning

fortune(help) ## or any quoted string gives a warning Warning message: In grep(which, fort, useBytes = TRUE) : argument 'useBytes = TRUE' will be ignored in version.string R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26) __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list

Re: [R] fortune warning

On 12/17/2007 10:50 AM, Richard M. Heiberger wrote: fortune(help) ## or any quoted string gives a warning Warning message: In grep(which, fort, useBytes = TRUE) : argument 'useBytes = TRUE' will be ignored in version.string R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26) This is a problem in a

Re: [R] fortune warning

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 12/17/2007 10:50 AM, Richard M. Heiberger wrote: fortune(help) ## or any quoted string gives a warning Warning message: In grep(which, fort, useBytes = TRUE) : argument 'useBytes = TRUE' will be ignored in version.string R version