> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Thomas W Blackwell wrote: > > > The second argument to boot(), called 'statistic', can be > > any user-written function you want to cook up, with additional > > arguments being passed to it through the '...' mechanism after > > all of the named arguments. (See: `R-intro `Writing your own > > functions `The ellipsis argument for details.) > > > I've given you the reference for the '...' mechanism, because > > that reference is almost impossible to find using help.search(). > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> Right, as help.search `allows for searching the help system'. It does not > search the manuals, nor the FAQs, so it would be imposible to find things > not in the help system. > -- > 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 > Precisely my point, Brian. The usage and meaning of '...' are almost impossible to find in the help system. Could there be a help page for it ? Questions about '...' are reasonably frequently asked on this list. While we're at it, what could be done so that help.search("logistic") returns a reference to glm() and help.search("regression") returns references to both lm() and glm() ? - tom blackwell - u michigan medical school - ann arbor - ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
