Larry, would elaborate a bit on "the separate table method"? TIA, Steve in Memphis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Lustig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: Re: IFIN function possibility > > Quite clever. I did not know you can use the piping symbol in this > syntax. > > Where can I find more information on the use of the piping symbol in > R:Base? > > Stan: > > There's nothing special about the pipe character in this case -- I just > chose it as something that was unlikely to occur in Duey's data. The tilde > character is good also. I probably wouldn't use this technique in my code, > both because it's NOT guaranteed to be correct (if the separator character > occurs in the data) and because I like the separate table method better. > -- > Larry > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
