Re: [R] Operator proposal: %between%

2014-09-05 Thread Torbjørn Lindahl
> > In addition, SQL has a between operator > > > library(sqldf) > > sqldf("select * from BOD where Time between 3 and 5") > Time demand > 13 19.0 > 24 16.0 > 35 15.6 > -- mvh Torbjørn Lindahl [[alternative HTML version

Re: [R] Operator proposal: %between%

2014-09-05 Thread Torbjørn Lindahl
%btwn%` > function that would accept as its second argument either a two element > numeric or alpha vector or a two column matrix of with the same number of > rows as the first argument. Something along these lines: > > > > `%btwn%` <- function(x,y) if(!is.null(dim(y))&

[R] Operator proposal: %between%

2014-09-04 Thread Torbjørn Lindahl
is a mental cost to this, eg if you are deeply focused on a complicated program flow, the %between% construct is a lot easier to type out, and relate to, than the logically more complex construct with && and <=/>=, at least in my experience. -- mvh Torbjø