On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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But, a propos, is there an R entity called a "library" (other than the command) as distinct from a "package"?
Yes. That is what the argument 'lib.loc' to library() and other functions refers to.
A 'library' is a collection of packages stored in one directory.
library("pkg") means `go to one or more libraries, find package pkg and load it up'
In S parlance what in R is a `package' is a `library section' or (latterly) also `chapter'.
In English usage a library is a collection of volumes, not of recipes or stories or articles.
-- 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
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