Yes, odd that ?Constants doesn't work, given that there is a page labeled
Constants {base}.
On a happier note, these all work now on my Mac R version 2.11.1
?base ?stats ?utils
though Constants is not an entry in the index.
R help gurus - is it possible to have entries such as "Constants"
for such help pages that discuss multiple functions?
On further poking around I do see an index entry for "assignOps"
for page assignOps {base} so the answer is obviously "yes".
I guess it's now a matter of providing a patch or convincing
an R developer to do so in his copious spare time :)
Steven McKinney
Statistician
Molecular Oncology and Breast Cancer Program
British Columbia Cancer Research Centre
From: r-devel-bounces at r-project.org [r-devel-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of David Winsemius [dwinsemius at comcast.net]
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I just tried ?Constants at the console and was disappointed that the so-named base help page would not come up. > ?Constants No documentation for 'Constants' in specified packages and libraries: you could try '??Constants' Seems like there should have been a match. I was looking for the month abbreviations, failing to hit the right name 4 times and then failing 3 more times on variations of what I remembered to be the name of that page and finally ended up typing: ?letters -- David Winsemius, MD West Hartford, CT ______________________________________________ R-devel at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel