that was exactly what I was missing, Everything now works as advertised. Thank you all so much for the help. you just turned my already very satisfying experience using R into a even more enjoyable one.
all the best Rich Heiberger wrote: > > It looks like you are not using ESS correctly. ESS is designed to > work from a buffer containing a file whose name has the ".r" extension. > Thus, open a file, for example, > C-x C-f myfile.r > and then start using R. > > My diagnosis is based on your line > > highlight: (either in a text buffer or *ESS*) > > ESS won't work from a text buffer because R code has different > requirements from ordinary written paragraphs in English or another > natural language. > > The *ESS* buffer is part of the background mechanism that makes ESS work. > It is not intended that a user ever look at the *ESS* buffer. > > One other issue that your original email suggests. We do not > recommend the statement > v=c(1,2,3) > for assignment. It is much better to use the assignment arrow > v <- c(1,2,3) > (with spaces on both sides of the arrow for legibility). It is true > that the "=" will usually do what you expect, but there are some subtle > differences (mostly in argument lists to functions). While I can expand on > the reasons, for the moment I just want to suggest that you get into the > habit of using the assignment arrow. > > Rich -- Murad Nayal M.D. Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University 630 West 168th Street. New York, NY 10032 Tel: 212-305-6884 Fax: 212-305-6926 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
