I see valid reasons and will therefore adopt the defensive coding practice: abc <- cbind(abc, d=abc$y - predict.lm(abc.lm, type="terms")[,1]) which works the same in both S-Plus and R and gives the answer I want.
The result of predict.lm is not a data.frame. It is a "structure" in S-Plus and a "matrix" in R. S-Plus gives > M <- matrix(1:4, 2, 2, dimnames=list(NULL, c('a', 'b'))) > cbind(c=5:6,d=M) c a b [1,] 5 1 3 [2,] 6 2 4 On spelling of the name S-Plus or S-PLUS, both are correct. I normally write in LaTeX, so I normally use {\sc S-Plus}. First, from the literature, the Proprietary Notice on the copyright page of the July 2001 printed edition says {\sc S-Plus} 6 for Windows User's Guide Most of the internal uses of the word in the book are also in smallcaps {\sc S-Plus}. The outside cover does say S-PLUS. The title page says {\sc S-Plus}. Second, by personal discussion, I discussed this spelling with Tim Hesterberg about a year ago. He told me that S-Plus is an appropriate spelling. Third, by gestalt, "S-PLUS" looks like the "PLUS" is the most important part---simply because it occupies more space. "S-Plus" looks like the "S" is the most important part---because the "S" is full size and the "Plus" is typographically subsidiary. Rich ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel