[R] Newbie

[Jonathan Baron]

>From owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Thu Nov 22 09:29:45 2001
>	How can I calculate a factorial (as in 5! = 5*4*3*2*1)?

A search of past news messages at finzi.psych.upenn.edu yields
two suggestions:
prod(1:n)
gamma(n+1)

If you use it a lot you can put
factorial <- function(x) {prod(1:x)}
in your .Rprofile

>	How can I calculate Cnp,  the number of combinations of p elements 
>out of n elements? I found binomial() but that is the binomial law and 
>not simply Cnp.

I haven't tested the following, but it may answer your question:
http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp/archive/14369.html

>	Does anyone have a *simple* R reference sheet for R beginners who 
>only want to do simple things?

Yes. http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~baron/refcard.pdf
and I think this is also in CRAN.  It is simpler than the kinds
of questions you just asked.  Soon I plan to add a second page
dealing mostly with graphics.  Jon Baron

Jon Baron
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