[R] repeated searching of no-missing values

[Bert Gunter]

Hadley:

Perhaps... But plyr works only on **basic** data structures, and I referred
to all **possible** data strucures (deliberately); so I stand by my
statement and note that you did not contradict it.

-- Bert

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
Behalf Of hadley wickham
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:52 PM
To: Bert Gunter
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] repeated searching of no-missing values

> graphics,statistical analysis etc. as well as programming. There are just
> too many possible data structures to expect logical consistency in their
> handling throughout (if one can even define what that means in specific
> instances!).

I disagree with this claim: I think it is possible to create a logical
and consistent set of functions for working with the all basic data
structures in R, and this is what I have attempted to do with my plyr
package.  Any remaining inconsistencies are due to my failings, not
the fundamental difficulty of the task.

Hadley

-- 
http://had.co.nz/

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