[R] Learning S3

[Gabor Grothendieck]

There is a section on Object Orientation in MASS (I have 2nd ed).

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Hadley Wickham<hadley at rice.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Do you know of any good resources for learning how S3 works?  I've
> some how become familiar with it by reading many small pieces, but now
> that I'm teaching it to students I'm wondering if there are any good
> resources that describe it completely, especially in a reader-friendly
> way.  So far I've found:
>
>  * http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-lang.html#Object_002doriented-programming
> - it has most of the theory (although some bits are missing), but no
> examples
>
>  * page 33 of http://CRAN.R-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2004-1.pdf
> shows how to create a simple object in both S3 and S4
>
> What has helped you learn S3?
>
> Regards,
>
> Hadley
>
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