[Rd] Add on argument in seq()

[Millot Gael]

Thanks for your answer.

The rational behind my proposal is why taking "from" when length.out=1, more than "to" or "NA", or " integer(0) " ?

This question seems basic. But is is not in certain situations, like when length.out =  unpredictable positive integer.
And I haven't found in ?seq() the particular behavior of this function when length.out = 1.

Thanks for your help !

Best,

Gael.


De : Gabriel Becker [mailto:gmbecker at ucdavis.edu]
Envoyé : lundi 15 juin 2015 16:25
À : Millot Gael
Cc : r-devel
Objet : Re: [Rd] Add on argument in seq()


Millot,

I think the problem with that is that what you propose isn't a sequence starting  at from in any meaningful way, and thus does not satisfy the contract of the seq function.

Best,
~G
On Jun 15, 2015 7:12 AM, "Millot Gael" <Gael.Millot at curie.fr<mailto:Gael.Millot at curie.fr>> wrote:
Hi.

I have a problem with the default behavior of seq(), which gives the argument "from" when the argument length.out = 1.
This behavior is annoying when the number of value determine in length.out is not predictable.
Would it be possible to add an argument that propose the median/mean, i.e. (from + to) / 2 when  length.out = 1 ? Examples:
> seq(from = 1, to =  11, length.out=1) # current method gives "from"
1

> seq(from = 1, to =  11, length.out=1) # alternative method gives the intermediate value of "from" and "to"
6

Many thanks for your help.

Best wishes,

Gael Millot.


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