[R] R v/s S-plus

[(Ted Harding)]

On 28-Oct-02 David Brahm wrote:
> I'm attaching my personal list of differences (which has shrunk
> considerably since I posted it here a year ago).
> [snip]
> Functions missing from S-Plus:
> - strsplit, sub, gsub, chartr, formatC

I have found that the useful R function 'gl' does not seem to be
present in S-Plus (version 6, 2001), though something similar can
be achieved with 'rep', present in both R and S.

Have I missed something?
Best wishes to all,
Ted.


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