[Rd] cor(x,y) when is.null(y) (PR#883)

[cberry@tajo.ucsd.edu]

Problem:
> names(my.dat)
[1] "x" "y"
> cor(my.dat$x,my.dat$y)     # desired result
[1] 0.8660254
> cor(my.dat$x,my.dat$y.NOT) # typo
[1] 1
> 

I'd prefer a warning() or stop() in that case.

Solution (??) :

*** 1,5 ****
--- 1,7 ----
  cor <- function (x, y=NULL, use="all.obs")
  {
+     if (is.null(y) && !is.null( match.call()$y ) )
+         stop("y evaluated as NULL")
      na.method <- pmatch(use, c("all.obs", "complete.obs",
"pairwise.complete.obs"))
      if(is.data.frame(x)) x <- as.matrix(x)
      if(is.data.frame(y)) y <- as.matrix(y)

then:

> cor(my.dat$x,my.dat$y.NOT)
Error in cor(my.dat$x, my.dat$y.NOT) : y evaluated as NULL
>
> cor(my.dat$x,NULL) # intended NULL still passes
[1] 1
> 
> cor(my.dat$x)      # default: arg y = NULL
[1] 1
> 

Likewise for var() and cov()


Chuck Berry

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