On Feb 12, 2008 9:07 AM, Terry Therneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Scott asked
> "Views on Bengtsson's ideas would interest me as well."
>
> I have only one serious disagreement with their suggestions
>
>"6.3.2 In general, the use of comments should be minimized by making the
> code
David Scott asked
"Views on Bengtsson's ideas would interest me as well."
I have only one serious disagreement with their suggestions
"6.3.2 In general, the use of comments should be minimized by making the
code
self-documenting by appropriate name choices and an explicit logical structu
Roland Rau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think using Emacs+ESS [1,2] is always a good starting point for a
> clear layout with consistent and meaningful indentation.
>
> I don't know how other people think about it, but in my opinion,
> "Elements of Programming Style" by Kernighan and Plauger is still an
Hi,
Earl F. Glynn wrote:
> Instead of using "1" or "2" in an "apply", I'll write something like this
> trying for some sort of mnemonic
>
> apply(x, BY.ROW<-1, sum)
> or
> apply(z, BY.COL<-2, mean)
>
It think it makes sense to use those "magic numbers" in the given case.
Please let me give you
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> Can anyone provide further pointers to good style?
While not
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> Can anyone provide further pointers to good style?
While not written for R specifically, the book "Code Complete: A Practical
Handbook of Software Construction" (2nd Edition) discusses a number of good
concepts for w
Hi,
I think using Emacs+ESS [1,2] is always a good starting point for a
clear layout with consistent and meaningful indentation.
I don't know how other people think about it, but in my opinion,
"Elements of Programming Style" by Kernighan and Plauger is still an
interesting read -- although th
I just got a copy of
A First Course in Statistical Programming with R by W. John Braun and Duncan
J. Murdoch. Cambridge. at amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/First-Course-Statistical-Programming-R/dp/0521694248/
first couple of chapters are base R that most everyone would know before
wanting to pro
I am aware of one (unofficial) guide to style for R programming:
http://www1.maths.lth.se/help/R/RCC/
from Henrik Bengtsson.
Can anyone provide further pointers to good style?
Views on Bengtsson's ideas would interest me as well.
David Scott
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