[R] Organized examples for newbyes

["Hüsing, Johannes"]

> I wonder if someone out there can suggest to an absolute 
> beginner as I am where to find a collection of examples of 
> R-code (or Splus, as I understand) to play with in order to 
> learn R quicker.

How about the examples provided in the help to
various functions? Let's see:

> 
> The collection should:
> 1) be in English, or French, or, of course, Italian,

in English (check),

> 2) be concentrated in one or at most a handful of sites,  

concentrated on your box (check),

> 3) contain examples of gradually increasing complexity.

ok, the examples are at varying complexity, not necessarily
increasing. Yet many people gain a lot of insight when looking
at the examples.