RE: [R] what does this mean in R-1.8.1 release notes?

2003-11-21 Thread Simon Fear
median() has never worked for even-length factors but the error message was rather unclear (complained about sum not working for factors). But it did give an answer of sorts for odd-length factors. Now it doesn't work for either, which is a Good Thing, since there is no obvious extension of the

Re: [R] what does this mean in R-1.8.1 release notes?

2003-11-21 Thread Peter Dalgaard
John Christie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: what does this mean in R-1.8.1 release notes? omedian() no longer `works' for odd-length factor variables. The median has always been undefined for factors, but nevertheless median() gave an answer. If the length was even, it would fail

RE: [R] what does this mean in R-1.8.1 release notes?

2003-11-21 Thread Liaw, Andy
From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] John Christie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: what does this mean in R-1.8.1 release notes? o median() no longer `works' for odd-length factor variables. The median has always been undefined for factors, but nevertheless

Re: [R] what does this mean in R-1.8.1 release notes?

2003-11-21 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Liaw, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] John Christie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: what does this mean in R-1.8.1 release notes? omedian() no longer `works' for odd-length factor variables. The median has always been