[R] definition of index.array and boot.return in the code for boot

Spencer Graves spencer.graves at pdf.com
Tue Jul 19 00:10:13 CEST 2005


	  Excellent question.  Try 'getAnywhere("index.array")'.  It's hidden 
in "namespace:boot".  Ditto for "boot.return".

	  spencer graves

Obrien, Josh wrote:

> Dear R friends,
> 
> I am reading the code for the function boot in package:boot in an attempt to learn how and where it implements the random resampling used by the non-parametric bootstraps.
> 
> The code contains two (apparent) functions - 'index.array'  and  'boot.return' - for which I can find no documentation, and which don't even seem to exist anywhere on the search path.  What are they?
> 
> Also, if the meanings of those two don't answer my larger question, could you point me to the code that implements the random resampling?
> 
> Thanks very much for your help,
> 
> Josh O'Brien
> UC Davis
> 
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