[R] Default value of Numerals argument in read.table function R 3.3.2 on Mac

[Bert Gunter]

... and I should have added:

It is a specific instance of how ?match.arg works .

Cheers,
Bert


Bert Gunter

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On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Follow the "type.convert" link in the numerals section of ?read.table.
> That's what it's there for.
>
> -- Bert
>
>
> Bert Gunter
>
> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
> and sticking things into it."
> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Ramnik Bansal <ramnik.bansal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The help file for function read.table mentions the default value for the
>> argument numerals  as
>> c("allow.loss", "warn.loss", "no.loss")
>>
>> How are the three values used as default values ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ramnik
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