[R] about arguments in "bclust"

[Sundar Dorai-Raj]

Linda Lei wrote:
> Hi All,
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> Just want to make sure, in function "bclust", do the following argument
> only have one option?
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> argument "dist.method" has one option "Euclidian";
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> argument "hclust.method" has one option "average";
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> argument "base.method" has one option "kmeans".
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> Thank you!
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Hi, Linda,

Do you mean ?bclust in package e1071? If so, you should re-read the help 
page:

dist.method: Distance method used for the hierarchical clustering, see
           'dist' for available distances.

Then ?dist tells you:

  method: the distance measure to be used. This must be one of
           '"euclidean"', '"maximum"', '"manhattan"', '"canberra"',
           '"binary"' or '"minkowski"'. Any unambiguous substring can be
           given.

There are similar entries for "hclust.method" and "base.method".

Also, PLEASE do read the posting guide! 
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html.

If you refer to functions in contributed packages please state that 
clearly in your message. And, do your homework with regards to reading 
the online documentation.

--sundar