Re: [R] Using require() vs. library()

2011-08-18 Thread Brian Diggs
it fails sooner. Uwe Ligges On 17.08.2011 19:57, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) wrote: -Original Message- From: istaz...@gmail.com [mailto:istaz...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ista Zahn Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:12 AM To: Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re:

Re: [R] Using require() vs. library()

2011-08-17 Thread Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)
> -Original Message- > From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de] > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:14 AM > To: Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Using require() vs. library() > > Actually require() is a wrapp

Re: [R] Using require() vs. library()

2011-08-17 Thread Uwe Ligges
[mailto:istaz...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ista Zahn Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:12 AM To: Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Using require() vs. library() Hi Dan, Is there something you would like to know that is not covered by help(library) ? Best, Ista On

Re: [R] Using require() vs. library()

2011-08-17 Thread Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)
> -Original Message- > From: istaz...@gmail.com [mailto:istaz...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ista > Zahn > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:12 AM > To: Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Using require() vs. library() > > Hi Da

Re: [R] Using require() vs. library()

2011-08-17 Thread Ista Zahn
Hi Dan, Is there something you would like to know that is not covered by help(library) ? Best, Ista On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) wrote: > A recent post prompts me to ask this question.  Is there any reason to prefer > using library() over require()?  I tend to use

[R] Using require() vs. library()

2011-08-17 Thread Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)
A recent post prompts me to ask this question. Is there any reason to prefer using library() over require()? I tend to use require() instead of library() to load packages, but I wonder if there are situations where it would be better to use library(). Enquiring minds would like to know, Da