Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-17 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:41 AM To: Peter Dalgaard Cc: r-help; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function On Friday 05 January 2007 19:21, Peter Dalgaard

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-07 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function On Friday 05 January 2007 19:21, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-07 Thread Martin Morgan
] On Behalf Of Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:41 AM To: Peter Dalgaard Cc: r-help; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function On Friday 05 January 2007 19:21, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: Dear All

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-07 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
PROTECTED] (801) 408-8111 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:41 AM To: Peter Dalgaard Cc: r-help; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-06 Thread jim holtman
I agree with what you are saying. That is the reason I have What is the problem you are trying to solve on my signature. The other way of saying that is Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. On 1/5/07, Thomas Lumley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Ramon

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-06 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:02 AM To: r-help; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-06 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
:02 AM To: r-help; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink the question.. But I am not sure it that also applies (and why) to other

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-06 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function On Friday 05 January 2007 19:21, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink the question.. But I

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-06 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
On 1/6/07, Thomas Lumley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: I see, this is direct way of dealing with the problem. However, you first need to build the f list, and you might not know about that ahead of time. For instance, if I build a function so

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-06 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:41 AM To: Peter Dalgaard Cc: r-help; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function On Friday 05 January 2007 19:21, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Ramon

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-06 Thread Brian Ripley
On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: Dear Greg, On 1/5/07, Greg Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ramon, I prefer to use the list method for this type of thing, here are a couple of reasons why (maybe you are more organized than me and would never do some of the stupid things that

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-06 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
On 1/6/07, Brian Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: (...) cvFunct - function(whatever, genefiltertype, whateverelse) { internalGeneSelect - eval(parse(text = paste(geneSelect, genefiltertype, sep

[R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink the question.. But I am not sure it that also applies (and why) to other situations (Lumley's comment http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/02/12204.html was in reply to accessing a list).

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink the question.. But I am not sure it that also applies (and why) to other situations (Lumley's comment http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/02/12204.html was in

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Bert Gunter
vs. get when accessing a function Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink the question.. But I am not sure it that also applies (and why) to other situations (Lumley's comment http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/02/12204.html

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
On Friday 05 January 2007 19:21, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink the question.. But I am not sure it that also applies (and why) to other situations (Lumley's comment

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
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Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread jim holtman
] Subject: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink the question.. But I am not sure it that also applies (and why) to other situations (Lumley's comment http

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Greg Snow
Cc: r-help; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function On Friday 05 January 2007 19:21, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: Dear All, I've read Thomas Lumley's fortune If the answer is parse() you should usually rethink

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Greg Snow wrote: Personally I have never regretted trying not to underestimate my own future stupidity. Fortune! __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Patrick Burns
Peter Dalgaard wrote: Greg Snow wrote: Personally I have never regretted trying not to underestimate my own future stupidity. Fortune! Seconded. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help

Re: [R] eval(parse(text vs. get when accessing a function

2007-01-05 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote: I see, this is direct way of dealing with the problem. However, you first need to build the f list, and you might not know about that ahead of time. For instance, if I build a function so that the only thing that you need to do to use my function