Message-ID: <200508252312.j7PNCEGd001630@hertz.gene.com>
Date: 2005-08-25T23:12:13Z
From: Bert Gunter
Subject: S3 class question
In-Reply-To: <1253d67a05082516037aa8a2e0@mail.gmail.com>
Have you defined matSummary() as a generic with UseMethod:
matSummary<-function(...)UseMethod('matSummary')
-- Bert Gunter
Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics
South San Francisco, CA
"The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning
process." - George E. P. Box
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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Joel Bremson
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:03 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] S3 class question
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a class called "spss" containing prepared info from an
> SPSS file.
> >...
> >class(ret) = "spss"
> >return(ret)
> The function that returns this defined in a file that I source into R.
>
> Also in that file is a function matSummary.spss.
>
> I think I ought to be able to call
> >matSummary(ret)
>
> to run the function, but only
> >matSummary.spss(ret)
>
> will work.
>
> What am I doing wrong here? This seems like a simple problem
> yet I've been able to find nothing in the archives about this.
>
>
> Joel
>
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