Re: [R] functions and matrices

2013-07-02 Thread Naser Jamil
r: > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: David Winsemius > > Subject: Re: [R] functions and matrices > > Date: July 1, 2013 6:21:09 PM PDT > > To: Rolf Turner > > > > > > On Jul 1, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: > > > >> On

Re: [R] functions and matrices

2013-07-01 Thread David Winsemius
On Jul 1, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: > > Basically R does things *numerically* and what you want to do really > amounts to symbolic manipulation. Of course R could be cajoled into > doing it --- see fortune("Yoda") --- but probably only with a great deal of > effort and code-writing.

Re: [R] functions and matrices

2013-07-01 Thread Rolf Turner
Basically R does things *numerically* and what you want to do really amounts to symbolic manipulation. Of course R could be cajoled into doing it --- see fortune("Yoda") --- but probably only with a great deal of effort and code-writing. OTOH you could quite easily write a function that would c