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  • Hi all, The write_PACKAGES function has a 'fields' argument that allows a user generating a PACKAGES file to specify additional fields to include. For symmetry, it would be nice for the ...
    Seth FalconSeth Falcon
    Aug 29, 2006 at 12:42 am
    Aug 31, 2006 at 2:46 pm
  • A revision of r-devel 2.4.0 is being committed today with changes to method and class management. The changes are internal but extensive. All packages that use S4 methods and classes need to be ...
    John ChambersJohn Chambers
    Aug 30, 2006 at 1:25 pm
    Aug 30, 2006 at 6:25 pm
  • Under R version 2.4.0 (2006-08-30 r39024), sp fails CMD check following the latest changes in methods. The failures are in running examples and occur in CMD check: Error in function (classes, fdef, ...
    Roger BivandRoger Bivand
    Aug 31, 2006 at 8:16 pm
    Sep 3, 2006 at 3:00 pm
  • Dear list, I have noticed surprisingly big performance differences of runif() between Windows XP and (Debian) linux on similar CPUs (Pentium D 3.0GHz (WinXP)/3.2GHz (Linux)) and I wonder if there is ...
    Martin BeckerMartin Becker
    Aug 28, 2006 at 2:23 pm
    Aug 30, 2006 at 12:04 pm
  • Hi, I'm looking for a version of the R-Project logo in SVG format. I've found the bitmapped versions, http://developer.r-project.org/Logo/ but would prefer a scalable version as it usually looks ...
    Lars D. NoodénLars D. Noodén
    Aug 31, 2006 at 12:41 pm
    Sep 4, 2006 at 9:54 am
  • Is there any way to include warnings in the output from capture.output? eg: a <- capture.output(warning("test")) all.equal(a, "Warning message: \n test ") Conceptually, this seems like redirecting ...
    Hadley wickhamHadley wickham
    Aug 29, 2006 at 2:46 pm
    Sep 5, 2006 at 3:53 pm
  • First, I compliment you all for such a useful project as R. Suggestion: If read.table() could take input from a character string, then one could write raw= " x y z 1 2 3 4 5 6 " df = ...
    GilescraneGilescrane
    Aug 30, 2006 at 8:02 pm
    Aug 31, 2006 at 12:22 pm
  • For embedded projects, one may want to eliminate the per-session temp directory created by InitTempDir() and just use a system-specific temp directory. Here's my solution: extern char *R_TempDir ...
    Jeffrey HornerJeffrey Horner
    Aug 31, 2006 at 10:07 pm
    Sep 1, 2006 at 7:09 pm
  • Hello, I'm trying to make my Java application work with R, which involves sending and retrieving data and to run R functions from within the Java application. I also need to have "live interaction" ...
    Thomas KelderThomas Kelder
    Aug 31, 2006 at 12:52 pm
    Aug 31, 2006 at 3:57 pm
  • In the Green Book, section 7.5 discusses new vector classes and uses quaternions as an example of a vector class that needs more than one number per element. I would like to define a new class that ...
    Robin HankinRobin Hankin
    Aug 29, 2006 at 9:42 am
    Aug 29, 2006 at 10:40 am
  • Hello. Suppose you define a new S4-class, say Don't worry if you have a deja vu, it's from the help page. Your new class is said to have a fixed structure: two slots, x, and y, and that should apply ...
    Jörg BeyerJörg Beyer
    Aug 28, 2006 at 1:55 pm
    Aug 28, 2006 at 2:26 pm
  • Hi, As you probably know, there is a problem with the interface for adding uniform random number generators in R (see by article in R News 5/2, November 2005). There exists a mechanism called ...
    Josef LeydoldJosef Leydold
    Aug 31, 2006 at 1:57 pm
    Sep 1, 2006 at 3:46 pm
  • Hello! I have noticed that mapply() drops names in R 2.3.1 as well as in r-devel. Here is a simple example: l <- list(a=1, b=2) k <- list(1) mapply(FUN="+", l, k) [1] 2 3 mapply(FUN="+", l, k, ...
    Gregor GorjancGregor Gorjanc
    Aug 31, 2006 at 12:16 am
    Aug 31, 2006 at 6:06 pm
  • Full_Name: Mark James Kelly Version: 2.3.1 OS: Windows Submission from: (NULL) (193.63.127.224) Sequence produces slightly inaccurate results. #This (supposedely) creates a sequence ...
    Kellymj1Kellymj1
    Aug 30, 2006 at 11:25 am
    Aug 30, 2006 at 11:52 am
  • Sorry to join in late, I am currently at a conference with limited access to the Internet. I am not su sure how easy it is to make the conversion, i.e. if it is save to unconditionally change all ...
    Friedrich LeischFriedrich Leisch
    Aug 28, 2006 at 1:33 pm
    Aug 28, 2006 at 3:19 pm
  • Hello! In Writing R Extensions manual, section "Testing R code"[1] says: "be careful to check if make test-Specific or particularly, cd tests; make no-segfault.Rout" Actually, make test-Specific also ...
    Gregor GorjancGregor Gorjanc
    Aug 30, 2006 at 11:32 pm
    Sep 4, 2006 at 11:53 pm
  • Full_Name: Matt Fantle Version: 1.16 OS: Mac OS 10.4.7 Submission from: (NULL) (128.118.174.213) Problem: R crashes when 'Command-f' is pressed to begin "Find" Frequency: This problem is ...
    Msf17Msf17
    Aug 31, 2006 at 2:42 pm
    Sep 1, 2006 at 2:39 pm
  • Full_Name: Patrick Lenon Version: 2.3.1 OS: Solaris 10 Submission from: (NULL) (144.92.92.204) During ./configure of R 2.3.1 (R-home directory of `/u/home/lenon/R/ru231/') I got this feedback shown ...
    LenonLenon
    Aug 30, 2006 at 3:46 pm
    Aug 30, 2006 at 4:09 pm
  • Hi I am having difficulty with setMethod(). I have a "brob" class of objects whose representation has two slots: "x" and "positive". Slot "x" (double) holds the log of a number and slot "positive" ...
    Robin HankinRobin Hankin
    Aug 30, 2006 at 2:33 pm
    Aug 30, 2006 at 4:04 pm
  • Full_Name: Peiyi Xi Version: R 2.2.0 OS: Windows XP Professional Submission from: (NULL) (128.2.3.141) When I use rgamma(n, shape, rate ) to generate gamma samples, it gives zeros when both shape and ...
    PxiPxi
    Aug 29, 2006 at 4:40 pm
    Aug 30, 2006 at 7:29 am
  • Full_Name: Glen Herrmannsfeldt Version: 2.2.1 OS: Linux Submission from: (NULL) (128.95.113.77) Following the discussion in "Writing R Extensions" in section 5.8.2, there is no indication that ...
    Gah4Gah4
    Aug 29, 2006 at 10:59 pm
    Aug 30, 2006 at 6:45 am
  • I have recently been using writeChar and writeBin to write binary files. These functions makes it very easy to write OS-independent files, which I am very happy with. I have however found a few ...
    Kasper Daniel HansenKasper Daniel Hansen
    Aug 29, 2006 at 1:40 am
    Aug 29, 2006 at 6:38 am
  • If users post a bug or problem issue to an R-based news group (R-devel, R-help, BioC - though BioC is far more forgiving) they get yelled at for not reading the posting guide and FAQ. "Please *_do_* ...
    Steven McKinneySteven McKinney
    Aug 28, 2006 at 10:45 pm
    Aug 28, 2006 at 11:57 pm
  • I have one question and one comment. Question: Are there specific standards about this for R mailing lists? I could not find any. I don't think that there should be because, in the context of a ...
    David KaneDavid Kane
    Aug 28, 2006 at 3:48 pm
    Aug 28, 2006 at 3:54 pm
  • Hello! I have already reported on this behaviour at [1] and now I have checked the same example on r-devel and the problem is still there. Thomas Lumley inidicated problem [2]. Example: n <- 50 x <- ...
    Gregor GorjancGregor Gorjanc
    Aug 30, 2006 at 11:41 pm
    Aug 30, 2006 at 11:41 pm
  • Hi, The .checkRversion helper function is defined twice in available.packages. I'm pretty sure one definition will suffice. Untested patch below. + seth diff --git a/src/library/utils/R/packages.R ...
    Seth FalconSeth Falcon
    Aug 30, 2006 at 3:48 pm
    Aug 30, 2006 at 3:48 pm
  • Full_Name: Landon Sego Version: 2.3.1 OS: Windows Submission from: (NULL) (130.20.54.241) # When calling boxplot(), shouldn't the "axes" and "frame.plot" # arguments get passed down to bxp()? # Two ...
    SegoSego
    Aug 29, 2006 at 3:43 pm
    Aug 29, 2006 at 3:43 pm
  • I had a long train journey over the weekend and took S Programming with me. Most of my questions about S4 methods can be answered by reading chapters 4 and 5 over and over and over again, with ...
    Robin HankinRobin Hankin
    Aug 29, 2006 at 8:32 am
    Aug 29, 2006 at 8:32 am
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  • Hi: Russ Moffit of our Honolulu Lab has made a modification to the R netcdf package 'ncdf' so that it can access remote netcdf files using OPenDAP (http://www.opendap.org). The package works on ...
    Roy MendelssohnRoy Mendelssohn
    Aug 28, 2006 at 3:02 pm
    Aug 28, 2006 at 3:02 pm
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