Re: [Rd] R Language Definition: Subsetting matrices with negative indices is *not* an error

2015-05-09 Thread Bert Gunter
Ah, the woes of English word order -- even this native English speaker frequently gets messed up! (but maybe I'm just a bear of little brain). Best, Bert Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics (650) 467-7374 Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge is

Re: [Rd] R Language Definition: Subsetting matrices with negative indices is *not* an error

2015-05-09 Thread peter dalgaard
On 09 May 2015, at 22:33 , Henrik Bengtsson henrik.bengts...@ucsf.edu wrote: On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 12:55 AM, peter dalgaard pda...@gmail.com wrote: Rephrasing would seem to be in order Ah... definitely a parse error (I read it as a new paragraph). I second rephrasing this; your

Re: [Rd] R Language Definition: Subsetting matrices with negative indices is *not* an error

2015-05-09 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 12:55 AM, peter dalgaard pda...@gmail.com wrote: On 09 May 2015, at 02:53 , Henrik Bengtsson henrik.bengts...@ucsf.edu wrote: Hi, I spotted what looks like another(*) mistake in 'R Language Definition' on how subsetting should work. In Section 'Indexing matrices

Re: [Rd] R Language Definition: Subsetting matrices with negative indices is *not* an error

2015-05-09 Thread peter dalgaard
On 09 May 2015, at 02:53 , Henrik Bengtsson henrik.bengts...@ucsf.edu wrote: Hi, I spotted what looks like another(*) mistake in 'R Language Definition' on how subsetting should work. In Section 'Indexing matrices and arrays'

[Rd] R Language Definition: Subsetting matrices with negative indices is *not* an error

2015-05-08 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
Hi, I spotted what looks like another(*) mistake in 'R Language Definition' on how subsetting should work. In Section 'Indexing matrices and arrays' [http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-lang.html#Indexing-matrices-and-arrays] one can read Negative indices are not allowed in