On Apr 4, 2012, at 6:10 PM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
I just tried it, because I'm curious that way.
If I search for
"load functions into R"
I get only this thread.
If I search for
load functions into R
(no quotes), I get the referenced discussion from Henrik Bengtsson:
ttps://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-September/173606.html
As in so many areas of dealing with R, details matter.
I sometime check how many hops using links in the help system that it
takes to get from a not-quite-right-term to the "right" help page.
Usually it's a pretty small number. In this case the links from the
<load> page are <save> -> <dump> (where source is discussed and not
just linked at the bottom) -> <source>. So arguably the number of hops
needed are only two but at most three. (And obviously I'm not counting
the <dput> link or the other ones higher up the page. So I do
understand that I may be asking people to read 9 or 10 pages before
they post a question. That seems an acceptable effort.)
The help system is not advertised as the preferred method of learning
R, but it was the method I "grew up with".
--
David.
Sarah
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Rolf Turner <rolf.tur...@xtra.co.nz>
wrote:
On 04/04/12 22:32, Bert Gunter wrote:
Rolf:
Google on "load functions into R."
A post referencing source() (from Henrik Bengtsson is the first hit.
Tried that just now. The only hits I got were to *your* post; no
hits
on any post from Henrik Bengtsson.
These things are never as easy and straightforward as the cognoscenti
would have you believe.
cheers,
Rolf
--
Sarah Goslee
http://www.functionaldiversity.org
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