>>>>> "AndyL" == Liaw, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:31:53 -0400 writes:
>> From: Jorge Ahumada
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been trying to figure this one out, but don't seem
>> to go anywhere. I have a function like this:
>>
>> a = function(t) {
>>
>> max(0,t+1)
>>
>> }
>>
>> very simple, but if I pass a vector of n values to this
>> function I expect n evaluations of max and instead I get
>> only one value (the largest value of them all..). Is
>> there anyway to do this without invoking a for loop?
AndyL> It works as documented. ?max says:
AndyL> Value
AndyL> max and min return the maximum or minimum of all the
AndyL> values present in their arguments, as integer if all
AndyL> are integer, or as double otherwise.
AndyL> What you want is pmax().
indeed.
AndyL> [This should perhaps be included in the "See Also" section of ?max.]
good suggestion, Andy,
if only ......
They already *share* the same help page --- just so you would
find pmax() / pmin() as soon as you looked for min() or max().
If only people would *look at* the help pages or -- dare I say --
even *read* them ...
Martin
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