Re: [R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-13 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 13.03.2010 10:56, (Ted Harding) wrote: On 13-Mar-10 08:59:43, Jim Lemon wrote: On 03/12/2010 08:41 PM, ManInMoon wrote: [...] [...] The terminology problem can often be solved on Jon Baron's search engine, as it searches full text, not just keywords. Run a few of the terms familiar to you

Re: [R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-13 Thread Ted Harding
On 13-Mar-10 08:59:43, Jim Lemon wrote: > On 03/12/2010 08:41 PM, ManInMoon wrote: >> [...] > [...] > The terminology problem can often be solved on Jon Baron's search > engine, as it searches full text, not just keywords. Run a few of the > terms familiar to you into it, and you will find that t

Re: [R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-13 Thread Jim Lemon
On 03/12/2010 08:41 PM, ManInMoon wrote: 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 loo

Re: [R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-12 Thread Greg Snow
reg) 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-pr

Re: [R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-12 Thread Patrick Burns
A new resource along these lines is: "Some hints for the R beginner" http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/hints_R_begin.html If you have ideas on how to improve on it, please let me know. Pat On 12/03/2010 09:41, ManInMoon wrote: Hi, A number of people have suggested "I read the manuals"..

Re: [R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-12 Thread Kevin E. Thorpe
Claudia Beleites wrote: ManInMoon wrote: 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? In R, type help.start () this should open a browser window with links to - the packages - the manuals - a search

Re: [R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-12 Thread Nutter, Benjamin
Benjamin -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 4:41 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Help on getting help from manuals Hi, A number of people have suggested "I read th

Re: [R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-12 Thread Claudia Beleites
ManInMoon wrote: 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? In R, type help.start () this should open a browser window with links to - the packages - the manuals - a search engine Please note: this

[R] Help on getting help from manuals

2010-03-12 Thread ManInMoon
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 brie