> On 15 Dec 2015, at 18:49, John Sorkin <jsor...@grecc.umaryland.edu> wrote: > > On this side of the Atlantic, the symbols ( or ) are properly called > parenthesis not brackets. Consider the expression parenthetical expression, > which means something enclosed in parentheses. > John >
According to http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/brackets I gather that to avoid ambiguity and/or confusion one could/would use round brackets for () (parentheses). Berend ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
