[R] data sets

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote:

> Windows 2000, R 1.3.0  via ESS.
>
> It was my impression that example data sets could be accessed by simply
typing in the name of the data set associated with any loaded library
(e.g. 'cars', or if MASS is loaded, 'hills'). Why might this data not show up?

Your impression is incorrect.  You need

library(MASS)
data(hills)

This is an R/S difference, which may one day disappear.

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