Reasons not to answer very basic questions in a straightforward way; was: Re: [R] creating a sequence of object names

2004-11-29 Thread Uwe Ligges
John wrote: Thank you, Uwe. I've found a way to do the job by reading the FAQ 7.21 although it is not giving a precise explanation to a novice or casual user at first reading. For example, if you type the first two But the corresponding help files do so, for sure, and the FAQ 7.21 points you to

Re: Reasons not to answer very basic questions in a straightforward way; was: Re: [R] creating a sequence of object names

2004-11-29 Thread John
Dear Uwe, I must say that I had thanked you for referring me to the specific and exact FAQ 7.21 and I had solved my simple problem from it. I alreadly had looked at some of basic materials like 'An Introduction to R', 'R for Beginners', 'R Data Import/Export as well as the FAQ(that is, I know how

RE: Reasons not to answer very basic questions in a straightforward way; was: Re: [R] creating a sequence of object names

2004-11-29 Thread Mulholland, Tom
Your statement seems innocent enough on the face of it, but there are two facets that I think are worthy of note. The first is that of time, and more specifically who's time. As a user of other lists I can say that this is the best list in terms of getting the answer to my problem, albeit