... and I should have added: It is a specific instance of how ?match.arg works .
Cheers, 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 1:17 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@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.ban...@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 >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.