Re: [Rd] R-devel Digest, Vol 133, Issue 23

2014-03-26 Thread Hervé Pagès
Hi, On 03/26/2014 10:24 AM, Radford Neal wrote: From: Richard Cotton The rep function is very versatile, but that versatility comes at a cost: it takes a bit of effort to learn (and remember) its syntax. This is a problem, since rep is one of the first functions many beginners will come across

Re: [Rd] R-devel Digest, Vol 133, Issue 23

2014-03-26 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 26/03/2014 22:00, peter dalgaard wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 18:24 , Radford Neal wrote: From: Richard Cotton The rep function is very versatile, but that versatility comes at a cost: it takes a bit of effort to learn (and remember) its syntax. This is a problem, since rep is one of the fi

Re: [Rd] R-devel Digest, Vol 133, Issue 23

2014-03-26 Thread peter dalgaard
On 26 Mar 2014, at 18:24 , Radford Neal wrote: >> From: Richard Cotton >> >> The rep function is very versatile, but that versatility comes at a >> cost: it takes a bit of effort to learn (and remember) its syntax. >> This is a problem, since rep is one of the first functions many >> beginners

Re: [Rd] R-devel Digest, Vol 133, Issue 23

2014-03-26 Thread Radford Neal
> From: Richard Cotton > > The rep function is very versatile, but that versatility comes at a > cost: it takes a bit of effort to learn (and remember) its syntax. > This is a problem, since rep is one of the first functions many > beginners will come across. Of the three main uses of rep, two h