Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Winsemius
dwinsem...@comcast.net wrote:
On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:01 AM, hadley wickham wrote:
I, personally, utilize the ifelse(test,statement,statement) function when
possible over the methodology outlined.
if + else and
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Subject: Re: [R] argh .. if/else .. why?
Gabor Grothendieck wrote
On Feb 16, 2010, at 12:15 PM, William Dunlap wrote:
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Subject: Re: [R] argh
Hello, would someone please help explain the following inconsistency
in the if/else statement to me?
The format of the if/else #3 below is ok, but if/else #1 is not? (I get
an unexpected else type error.) In order for it to work I have to use
if/else #2
Thanks .. maybe there is some reason for
Check back in the archieves. This is a common question. The problem
is basically when input commands at the command line, when you hit the
carriage return it is assuming there is a complete command. 'if' not
followed by an 'else' is assumed to be complete and when you type the
'else' by itself
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Behalf Of jim holtman
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 8:13 AM
To: Esmail
Cc: r-help@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] argh .. if/else .. why?
Check back in the archieves. This is a common question. The problem
is basically when input commands at the command
On 15-Feb-10 09:13, jim holtman wrote:
This is a common question. The problem
is basically when input commands at the command line, when you hit the
carriage return it is assuming there is a complete command.
Within a function, or a block like the 'for' loop, the statement is
not complete
On 15-Feb-10 09:27, lee.ad...@luminant.com wrote:
I, personally, utilize the ifelse(test,statement,statement) function when
possible over the methodology outlined.
Haven't used that construct before, I'll check it out.
Thanks. And mystery solved.
Esmail
Esmail wrote:
Ah .. so the fact that this is inside a block (in this case a function)
makes a difference .. I see .. well this is certainly different from other
languages I have worked with, but the explanation is clear.
Yes. I think most people involved have realized that it was a design
I, personally, utilize the ifelse(test,statement,statement) function when
possible over the methodology outlined.
if + else and ifelse perform quite different tasks, and in general can
not (and should not) be exchanged. In particular, note that for
ifelse, the class attribute of the result is
On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:01 AM, hadley wickham wrote:
I, personally, utilize the ifelse(test,statement,statement)
function when possible over the methodology outlined.
if + else and ifelse perform quite different tasks, and in general can
not (and should not) be exchanged. In particular,
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Winsemius
dwinsem...@comcast.net wrote:
On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:01 AM, hadley wickham wrote:
I, personally, utilize the ifelse(test,statement,statement) function when
possible over the methodology outlined.
if + else and ifelse perform quite different
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