For programming you should start with "Writing R Extensions" (just scan the sections that don't apply to you yet). I would also recommend "S poetry" by Patrick Burns (http://www.burns-stat.com/) and "S Programming" by Venables and Ripley.
-- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of ManInMoon > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 2:41 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Help on getting help from manuals > > > Hi, > > A number of people have suggested "I read the manuals"... > > Could someone help me by telling me where the primary start point is > please? > > For example, I am interested in writing functions with variable number > of > arguments - where should I start to look? > > "An introduction to R" only show a brief example - with no pointer to > where > to find further data. > > I can't do ?xxx from R console in most cases - as I don't know what the > function name is that I am looking for!!! > > People have helped me find "substitute" to get some metadata out - BUT > how > could I have found that without guidance from nice people in Nabble? > > Any help on this very much appreciated. > > > -- > View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Help-on-getting- > help-from-manuals-tp1590323p1590323.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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 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.
