> A report() function analogous to the plot() function that makes it easy to > generate a report from a table of data. This should not be in some auxiliary > package, but part of the core R just like plot(). As a long time SAS user I > cannot believe R does not have this. Please don't give me any crap about > Sweave, LaTex, and the "power" of R to roll your own. You don't have to "roll > your own" plot do you? Reports are no different. If you don't agree do not > bother me. If you agree then please bring this request to the appropriate > authorities for consideration or tell me how to do it.
I know it's frustrating when a program doesn't do what you want to do, and I agree with you that R's reporting capabilities are not (yet) as easy to use as SAS (although they can be more powerful and flexible). You may have noticed that when you downloaded R that you didn't have to pay anyone any money to use it - this has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage are obvious (it's free!), but a disadvantage is that no-one is funded to work on R full time. This means that most contributors to R (even the core developers!) work on R either as part of another job or in their free time, and so usually work on the aspects of statistics and data analysis that most interest them. If you want a core developer to work on something, you either need to get them interested in your problem or find money to buy some of their time. Another disadvantage from your perspective is that while SAS is a business and therefore cares (at least a tiny amount) about your business, R does not. Everyone who provides help on R-help does so out of the goodness of their heart, not because they get paid. Replies can sometimes be rather irascible, and even rude, and while I personally don't like the lack of manners, you still get far more than what you pay for. At the end of the day, if R doesn't meet your needs, why not continue using SAS? Hadley -- Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair Department of Statistics / Rice University http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
