Re: [R] R - S compatibility table

2003-10-21 Thread Douglas Bates
David Brahm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Language differences: > - Scoping rules differ. In R, functions see the functions they're in. Try: > f1 <- function() {x <- 1; f2 <- function() print(x); f2()}; f1() It may be more accurate to say "the functions they're defined in". It's lexical s

Re: [R] R - S compatibility table

2003-10-21 Thread David Brahm
Purvis Bedenbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I started looking for an R-S compatibility table but didn't find it. > Examples: > 'stdev' is now 'sd' - is it exactly the same computation ? > couldn't find a built-in for error.bar() > syntax that is an error in R: param(thisframe,"b") <- valu

Re: [R] R - S compatibility table

2003-10-20 Thread Martin Maechler
> "Purvis" == Purvis Bedenbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:03:13 -0400 writes: Purvis> Hello all - I've just recently been exploring R for Purvis> the first time. After noticing a few things that Purvis> have changed from S to R, I started looking for an

Re: [R] R - S compatibility table

2003-10-20 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
One comment: the first two of those are not in S, but rather in S-PLUS. So a big question is compatibility with what? (There are quite large compatibility differences between versions of S-PLUS too.) There are comments on differences in the FAQ, but they are not comprehensive. On Mon, 20 Oct 2

[R] R - S compatibility table

2003-10-20 Thread Purvis Bedenbaugh
Hello all - I've just recently been exploring R for the first time. After noticing a few things that have changed from S to R, I started looking for an R-S compatibility table but didn't find it. Is such a table out there ? Where ? Thanks much, Purvis Bedenbaugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Examples: 'std