[Rd] bug in by.data.frame, R-2.6.1 (PR#10506)

[ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de]

by() fails for 1-column matrices and dataframes:

X <- data.frame(a=1:10)
g <- gl(2,5)
by(X, g, colMeans)


Suggested fix:

--- by-old.R    2007-12-10 15:26:22.501086600 +0100
+++ by.R        2007-12-10 15:25:58.390477200 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
          IND[[1]] <- INDICES
          names(IND) <- deparse(substitute(INDICES))[1]
      } else IND <- INDICES
-    FUNx <- function(x) FUN(data[x,], ...)
+    FUNx <- function(x) FUN(data[x, , drop=FALSE], ...)
      nd <- nrow(data)
      ans <- eval(substitute(tapply(1:nd, IND, FUNx)), data)
      attr(ans, "call") <- match.call()



                _
platform       i386-pc-mingw32
arch           i386
os             mingw32
system         i386, mingw32
status
major          2
minor          6.1
year           2007
month          11
day            26
svn rev        43537
language       R
version.string R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26)


Uwe Ligges