... but it **is** explicitly documented in ?subset: "For data frames, the subset argument works on the rows. Note that subset will be evaluated in the data frame, so columns can be referred to (by name) as variables in the expression (see the examples). "
Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Statistics -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ivo welch Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:53 AM To: jim holtman Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] bug or feature? ahh...it is the silent substitution of the data frame in the subset statement. I should have known this. (PS: this may not be desirable behavior; maybe it would be useful to issue a warning if the same name is defined in an upper data frame. just an opinion...) mea misunderstanding. /iaw ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list 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. ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list 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.
