Add to package utils in R-devel, after correction. I was surprised you had fallen into the 1:0 trap:
> x <- character(0) > head(x) [1] NA is not I think what anyone wants. On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Patrick Burns wrote: > I vote utils. > > Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > >Note that `R base' could mean the base package or the R distribution, and > >I don't know which is meant. Could one of you please clarify? > > > >The base package in R-devel is much reduced, but these could be a > >candidates for the `utils' (or perhaps `tools') packages. > > > >On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Patrick Burns wrote: > > > > > > > >>Warnes, Gregory R wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>1. Add "head" and "tail" to R base. > >>>> Patrick Burns has these: > >>>>http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/public.html#genutil > >>>> Very handy functions for checking data manipulation. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>How about we just add these to a package available on CRAN? How about we > >>>just make a package of the Burns Statistics functions? There are already > >>>.Rd files... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>This sounds suspiciously like an editorial "we". > >> > >>I do have plans of a package of Burns Statistics functions, but haven't > >>got around to it yet. However, I do agree with Kevin that "head" and > >>"tail" are good candidates for base (though I'm not sure it would be > >>number 1 on my wishlist). "head" and especially "tail" have value in > >>programming as well as interactive use, which I think is a stronger > >>argument for inclusion in base than just being handy interactively. > >> > >>Patrick Burns > >> > >>Burns Statistics > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>+44 (0)20 8525 0696 > >>http://www.burns-stat.com > >>(home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>______________________________________________ > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >>https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
