Not a problem at all. I figured the motley crue here couldn't be bracketed into narrow categories.
An apparent thesis demonstrated here would be that we all speak a slightly different form of English. :) On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, peter dalgaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 16 Dec 2015, at 17:42 , Hadley Wickham <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Hadley Wickham <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Martin Maechler > >> <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> [............] > >>> > >>>> You are missing the closing bracket on the boxplot() > >>>> command. Just finish with a ')' > >>> > >>> Hmm... I once learned > >>> > >>> '()' =: parenthesis/es > >>> '[]' =: bracket(s) > >>> '{}' =: brace(s) > >>> > >>> Of course, I'm not a native English speaker, and my teacher(s) / > >>> teaching material may have been biased ... but, as all three > >>> symbol pairs play an important role in R, I think it would be > >>> really really helpful, if we could agree on using the same > >>> precise English here. > >>> > >>> I'm happy to re-learn, but I'd really like to end up with three > >>> different simple English words, if possible. > >>> (Yes, I know and have seen/heard "curly braces", "round > >>> parentheses", ... but I'd hope we can do without the extra adjective.) > >> > >> I think this is what Americans are taught, but I can never remember > >> which is which. I use round brackets, square brackets, and squiggly > >> brackets, which are memorable, and even if you're not familiar with > >> the terms you can easily understand what I mean. > > > > I should mention that all three terms have accompanying arm motions ;) > > > > I just wonder whether the original poster managed to brace himself for the > oncoming avalanche.... > > -pd > > > Hadley > > > > -- > > http://had.co.nz/ > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [email protected] <javascript:;> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and > more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- > Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > Phone: (+45)38153501 > Office: A 4.23 > Email: [email protected] <javascript:;> Priv: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] <javascript:;> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and > more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
