Re: [R] stringification magic in subset?

2007-05-02 Thread ivo welch
Beautiful. thank you. /ivo > Try: > > methods("subset") > > which will point you to "subset.data.frame". The latter code will answer > your questions. > > HTH, > > --sundar > __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listin

Re: [R] stringification magic in subset?

2007-05-02 Thread Sundar Dorai-Raj
ivo welch said the following on 5/2/2007 8:13 AM: > dear R wizards: > > I am trying to replace subset() with my own version that first checks > that each name in the select statement has a corresponding name in the > data set. preferably, it would have the same syntax and semantics as > subset(

[R] stringification magic in subset?

2007-05-02 Thread ivo welch
dear R wizards: I am trying to replace subset() with my own version that first checks that each name in the select statement has a corresponding name in the data set. preferably, it would have the same syntax and semantics as subset() otherwise. alas, subset works in interesting ways: subset(d,