[R] FW: S+ Script Files for R???

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

On Mon, 12 May 2003 07:26:45 -0700
Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at pdf.com> wrote:

> 	  How do you handle the S-Plus commands that don't work in R (or 
> produce different results)?  My current favorite is as follows:
> 
> 	  if(is.null(version$language)){S-Plus} else{R}
> 
> If R, I can, for example, define a function "survReg <- survreg", then 
> use my S-Plus script.
> 
> hth.  spencer graves


The Hmisc and Design packages use many such if statements and provide many function substitutions.  

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Frank E Harrell Jr              Prof. of Biostatistics & Statistics
Div. of Biostatistics & Epidem. Dept. of Health Evaluation Sciences
U. Virginia School of Medicine  http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat