Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-04-02 Thread James W. MacDonald
While not wholly directed towards OO programming, 'R Programming for Bioinformatics' does cover both the S3 and S4 systems (and how to make them play nicely together) at an accessible level. http://www.bioconductor.org/pub/RBioinf/ Best, Jim Krzysztof Sakrejda-Leavitt wrote: Tom Backer Jo

Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-04-02 Thread Krzysztof Sakrejda-Leavitt
Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: This is interesting. The fact that there are so few texts on the subject probably means that very few are using OO programming methods in R. That's overstating the problem. I frequently run into OO R packages and many of them are very nicely done. Some good example

Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-04-02 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Wacek Kusnierczyk wrote: Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: This is interesting. The fact that there are so few texts on the subject probably means that very few are using OO programming methods in R. I will probably look in the Python direction. Pity. I would have preferred R. if you insist on oo

Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-04-02 Thread Martin Morgan
Tom Backer Johnsen writes: > This is interesting. The fact that there are so few texts on the > subject probably means that very few are using OO programming methods > in R. Using python is great; your deduction about use of OO in R harder to support. The Bioconductor project (300+ packages, no

Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-04-02 Thread Wacek Kusnierczyk
Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: > This is interesting. The fact that there are so few texts on the > subject probably means that very few are using OO programming methods > in R. > > I will probably look in the Python direction. Pity. I would have > preferred R. > if you insist on oo, python might be

Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-04-02 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
This is interesting. The fact that there are so few texts on the subject probably means that very few are using OO programming methods in R. I will probably look in the Python direction. Pity. I would have preferred R. Tom krzysztof.sakre...@gmail.com wrote: I have been using Chambers f

Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-03-31 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Patrick Burns wrote: I think that 'Software for Data Analysis' by John Chambers should certainly be on the reading list. It seems that that is true. I have a number of R books, but not that one. Thanks for the suggestion. Tom Patrick Burns patr...@burns-stat.com +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http:

Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-03-31 Thread Daniel Viar
The third chapter of the book "R Programming for Bioinformatics" by Robert Gentleman is on object-oriented programming in R. Dan Viar Chesapeake, VA On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Patrick Burns wrote: > I think that 'Software for Data Analysis' > by John Chambers should certainly be > on the

Re: [R] Programming objects in R

2009-03-31 Thread Patrick Burns
I think that 'Software for Data Analysis' by John Chambers should certainly be on the reading list. Patrick Burns patr...@burns-stat.com +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of "The R Inferno" and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: I am planning a proje