: [R] Documentation General Comments
I just read through this thread and I didn't see the R Language
Definition mentioned. As with An Introduction to R it can be accessed
-- at least in my Windows GUI -- via the menu bar: Help -> Manuals (in
PDF). If An Introduction to R is too basic,
I believe in the great value of a Wiki for documentation purposes.
Perhaps one could imagine more discussions on this mailing list being
turned into a wiki entry?
I would rather like that personally: the information, references, and
possible solutions to a problem could all be summarized in o
Each pdf reference manual includes an index of functions classified
according to keywords.
I wonder why indexes in on-line documentation do not include similar
categorisation.
It would be much easier to figure out all related functions and topics.
Thanks,
Vitalie.
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I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have little time
for this, but the documentation really needs some serious reorganizaton.
My reply:
I'm quite new to R and so have spent a lot of time in the last few days
reading documentation both online and text. I'm incredibly impres
Be> their audience, but you shouldn't believe everything
> > > KeBe> you read there. The core documentation has to aim for
> > > KeBe> a different target, because it needs to be correct.
> > >
> > > KeBe> Duncan Murdoch
> > >
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ent impression than the guys poking at the back
> > >> side. I felt like that using R data structures, had to
> > >> blindly poke around trying different things, 90% of which
> > >> did not work, yeilding only error messages, but now
> >
; >> organisation it is going much more smoothly. Ideally this
> >> kind of basic info would be in the core R docuemtation,
> >> you should not have to
>
> >> search this hard to get it!
>
> KeBe> All of the (correct) information in t
the (correct) information in that chapter is in
KeBe> the core documentation. They make a number of
KeBe> simplifications, which I think are appropriate for
KeBe> their audience, but you shouldn't believe everything
KeBe> you read there. The core documentatio
> Help files with alias or concept or title matching 'data type' using
> fuzzy matching:
> character-class(methods)
> Classes Corresponding to Basic Data Types
> sqlTypeInfo(RODBC) Request Information about DataTypes in an ODBC
> Database
>
o make the documentation better.
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On 4/24/2008 10:22 AM, Beck, Kenneth (STP) w
Duncan Murdoch
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> FWIW:
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R docuemtation, you should not have to search
this hard to get it!
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FWIW:
I consider
Good morning,
Firstly I'd like to say that I'm a huge fan of R and I think it's great
system.
Part of the problem in searching for information is knowing what buzzwords /
keywords to use. I was recently caught out like this as I didn't see my
problem as a cumulative sum (keyword=cumsum) only as
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> FWIW:
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amming; this would be a good way to contribute and to continue
learning.
Jeff
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FWI
r FAR better than
anything I could do!
-- Bert Gunter
Genentech
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ow Ph.D.
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Subject: Re: [R] Documentation General Comments
On 21/04/2008 6:36 PM, Dr. Jeff Miller wrote:
> I agree completely. Maybe it's time for an exhaustive manual (with
> weekly downloadable updates, of course).
>
&
This looks really good, thanks.
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>> I realize the R develope
lp
Cc: Beck, Kenneth (STP); Dr. Jeff Miller
Subject: Re: [R] Documentation General Comments
The root of the problem is that R is a voluntary/cooperative project and
those who develop and maintain R are (generously) contributing their
time and probably have little-to-no time left over to devote t
ween 4 different libraries. (All I was trying to do was
>> replicate
>> the output from SAS Proc Freq).
>>
>> A lot of the library documentations have a See Also section but
>> these may be
>> getting out of date.
>>
>> But maybe our request is too m
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 18:55 -0400, esmail bonakdarian wrote:
> > I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have little time
> > for this, but the documentation really needs some serious reorganizaton.
> > A good through description of basic variable types would help a lot,
> > e.g. th
Like all learning- you have to learn how to think like the people that
create: language, poem, song, etc. In my own learning curve I have found
that I am too often popping emails off to the list when in an hour or so I
can figure out what was troubling me (using the provided examples). This
may b
Thank you Rob, I just downloaded it and it looks very useful.
In the meantime I think I solved my immediate problem (and while
pluggin' away also deepened my understanding - or so I will at least
claim :-)
Esmail
> I don't know if you will find this helpful, but one of the better online
> chap
ate.
>
> But maybe our request is too monumental to be feasible. (?)
>
> Jeff
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You can find all methods for an S3 class by doing this:
methods(class = "recordedplot")
For S4 see ?showMethods
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Beck, Kenneth (STP)
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> I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have little time
> for this, but the documen
>> I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have little time
>> for this, but the documentation really needs some serious reorganizaton.
>> A good through description of basic variable types would help a lot,
>> e.g. the difference between lists, arrays, matrices and frames.
>
> Agre
> I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have little time
> for this, but the documentation really needs some serious reorganizaton.
> A good through description of basic variable types would help a lot,
> e.g. the difference between lists, arrays, matrices and frames.
Agree
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> I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed an
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I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have little time for
this, but the documentation really needs some serious reorgani
I realize the R developers are probably overwhelmed and have little time
for this, but the documentation really needs some serious reorganizaton.
A good through description of basic variable types would help a lot,
e.g. the difference between lists, arrays, matrices and frames. And, it
appears ther
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