[Rd] Another wishlist for R
Patrick Burns
pburns at pburns.seanet.com
Wed Jan 21 12:43:38 MET 2004
I vote utils.
Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>Note that `R base' could mean the base package or the R distribution, and
>I don't know which is meant. Could one of you please clarify?
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>The base package in R-devel is much reduced, but these could be a
>candidates for the `utils' (or perhaps `tools') packages.
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>On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Patrick Burns wrote:
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>>Warnes, Gregory R wrote:
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>>>>1. Add "head" and "tail" to R base.
>>>> Patrick Burns has these:
>>>>http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/public.html#genutil
>>>> Very handy functions for checking data manipulation.
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>>>How about we just add these to a package available on CRAN? How about we
>>>just make a package of the Burns Statistics functions? There are already
>>>.Rd files...
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>>This sounds suspiciously like an editorial "we".
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>>I do have plans of a package of Burns Statistics functions, but haven't
>>got around to it yet. However, I do agree with Kevin that "head" and
>>"tail" are good candidates for base (though I'm not sure it would be
>>number 1 on my wishlist). "head" and especially "tail" have value in
>>programming as well as interactive use, which I think is a stronger
>>argument for inclusion in base than just being handy interactively.
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>>Patrick Burns
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>>Burns Statistics
>>patrick at burns-stat.com
>>+44 (0)20 8525 0696
>>http://www.burns-stat.com
>>(home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
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