Message-ID: <3DEDB1FA.12380.198791@localhost>
Date: 2002-12-04T07:44:04Z
From: PIKAL Petr
Subject: terribly naive question
In-Reply-To: <3DED1951.6B589C05@noaa.gov>
On 3 Dec 2002 at 15:51, Sonia Bauer wrote:
> Dear R-Representative:
> I am very new to R and I have to admit that I am not the cleverest of
> users. So, please bear with me. I have installed R on my Mac OS 8.6.
> I am interested in eventually using the packages -- many useful ones
> have been downloaded with the basic R software. I have looked through
> some of the manuals, however, I have not yet found how to access the
> commands in these packages. I am assuming there are ways to include
> the functions available in these packages in some kind of path. I
> have used UNIX and I use my Mac mainly as a word processor, but would
> like to learn R on the Mac and perhaps later for research, possibly on
> a new Mac. So, my question is, what kind of set up is required for me
> to use these packages? Sorry for such an inane question, but I've
> decided that you will be able to help me much more quickly than I am
> able to find what I need at this point. Thank you VERY MUCH.
> Sincerely, Sonia Bauer
On Windows you can access packages through
menu/packages/load package
or
if you know the "name of the package"
by
library(name of the package)
By the way I *strongly recommend* to read "Introduction to R"
or some other documentation (I presume already downloaded and
stored in /doc path. You can find many of good sources from
CRAN or through internet search eg.StatsRus, J.H.Maindonald's -
Using R for data analysis...,.
Cheers
Petr Pikal
petr.pikal at precheza.cz
p.pik at volny.cz