Message-ID: <1291191257895-3066791.post@n4.nabble.com>
Date: 2010-12-01T08:14:17Z
From: Dieter Menne
Subject: Minor warning about seq
In-Reply-To: <4CF54745.5080206@uottawa.ca>
Prof. John C Nash wrote:
>
> I spent more time than I should have debugging a script because I wanted
> x<-seq(0,100)*0.1
>
> but typed
> x<-seq(O:100)*0.1
>
> seq(0:100) yields 1 to 101,
>
Which leads us to another rule: never use a variable called "O". I remember
this was a no-no even in my first Algol-course in 1967.
In a virginal Rgui:
> x<-seq(O:100)*0.1
Error in seq(O:100) : object 'O' not found
Dieter
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