Message-ID: <400E50DB.1070908@pburns.seanet.com>
Date: 2004-01-21T11:13:18Z
From: Patrick Burns
Subject: Another wishlist for R
Warnes, Gregory R wrote:
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>>1. Add "head" and "tail" to R base.
>> Patrick Burns has these:
>>http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/public.html#genutil
>> Very handy functions for checking data manipulation.
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>How about we just add these to a package available on CRAN? How about we
>just make a package of the Burns Statistics functions? There are already
>.Rd files...
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This sounds suspiciously like an editorial "we".
I do have plans of a package of Burns Statistics functions, but haven't
got around to it yet. However, I do agree with Kevin that "head" and
"tail" are good candidates for base (though I'm not sure it would be
number 1 on my wishlist). "head" and especially "tail" have value in
programming as well as interactive use, which I think is a stronger
argument for inclusion in base than just being handy interactively.
Patrick Burns
Burns Statistics
patrick@burns-stat.com
+44 (0)20 8525 0696
http://www.burns-stat.com
(home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
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