[R] how to use "..."

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 13-01-17 10:00 PM, John Sorkin wrote:
> Rolf
> Perhaps the philosophy of the help system needs to change . . .

And perhaps it doesn't.  Who knows?

Maybe we just need a manual on how to use the existing help system.  But 
I suspect people who won't read the existing manuals won't read that 
one, either.

Duncan Murdoch

> John
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 17, 2013, at 7:11 PM, "Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz>" <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> The "help" facility is applicable to functions and data sets.  It is not
>> designed
>> or intended to give "help" with respect to R syntax (with the exception of
>> the basic syntax of the operators --- unary and binary --- and the
>> associated
>> rules of precedence).
>>
>>      cheers,
>>
>>          Rolf Turner
>>
>> On 01/18/2013 09:17 AM, Steve Taylor wrote:
>>> The ellipsis object is not listed in the base help pages!
>>>
>>> help(`+`) # this works - help on arithmetic operators
>>> help("+") # also works
>>> help(`...`) # fails with Error: '...' used in an incorrect context
>>> help("...") # fails also with No documentation for '...' in specified packages and libraries: you could try '??...'
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Calandra
>>> Sent: Friday, 18 January 2013 4:43a
>>> To: R. Michael Weylandt
>>> Cc: R list
>>> Subject: =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtSXSBob3cgdG8gdXNlICIuLi4i==?>>
>>> Do you know where I can find some documentation about it?
>>
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