R 3.1.0
OS X
Colleagues,
I recently updated to 3.1.0 and I have encountered
Warning messages: ... Name partially matched in data frame
when I do something like:
DATAFRAME$colname
where colname is actually something longer than that (but unambiguous).
I have much appreciated the partial matching capabilities because it fits with
my workflow. I often receive updated data months after the initial code is
written. In order to keep track of what I did in the past, I provide lengthy
(unambiguous) names for columns, then abbreviate the names as I call them.
This behavior has been termed “lazy” in various correspondence on this mailing
list but it works for me and probably works for others.
I realize that the new message is only a warning but it is a minor nuisance.
Would it be possible to add an
option(partialMatch=TRUE) ## default is FALSE
or something similar to suppress that behavior? That should keep both camps
happy.
Dennis
Dennis Fisher MD
P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
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