Cutting and pasting from the R posting guide -- I think this advice has special force when responding to FAQ 7.31 questions (I've seen several within the last few days, and at least two were answered by three different people:
When responding to a very simple question, use the following algorithm: compose your response type 4*runif(1) at the R prompt, and wait this many hours check for new posts to R-help; if no similar suggestion, post your response (This is partly in jest, but if you know immediately why it is suggested, you probably should use it! Also, it's a nice idea to replace 4 by the number of years you have been using R or S-plus.) ______________________________________________ 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.