... but see the R Language Definition manual or ?UseMethod for S3 generic and method naming (overloading functions) procedures, which explains some of as.data.frame.array, merge.data.frame, etc.
-- Bert On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12-11-04 8:16 AM, Bretschneider SIG-R wrote: >> >> Dear R people, >> >> >> >> In typing names of functions (built in or from a package) I often guess >> wrong, and have to look the name up. >> In other words, I don't understand the logic in naming functions (if there >> is any): > > > R and its packages have been written by hundreds (thousands?) of people, and > they do not use consistent naming conventions. Perhaps a convention should > have been enforced from the beginning, but it's too late now. > > Duncan Murdoch > >> >> - most names are plain, lower case: cos, plot, sapply, t, toupper, >> unserialize, (etc) >> >> - some are capitalized: Filter, Machine, Map, NCOL, RNGversion, T >> (etc) >> >> - many are dotted: as.complex, as.data.frame.array, merge.data.frame, >> write.dcf (etc) >> >> The manual "Creating R Packages" states that it depends on the classes and >> instances. I couldn't find more hints. >> >> And there's more: >> >> - using underscore characters: check_tzones, Cstack_info, >> R_system_version (etc) >> >> - using interCapping: closeAllConnections, rawToChar, rowSums, >> toString, tryCatch, writeLines (etc) >> >> - using dots and intercapping: as.Date, julian.Date, toString.default >> (etc) >> >> >> >> So, an entire zoo of function names. >> Did I miss a system, or is it arbitrary (within the set of accepted >> characters) ? >> What is the best way to name one's own functions? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> >> >> Franklin Bretschneider >> ---------------------------- >> Utrecht University >> Dept Biology >> Kruytgebouw W711 >> Padualaan 8 >> 3584 CH Utrecht >> The Netherlands >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
