R devel - Jan 2004 - return() undocumented (PR#6424)

Full_Name: Scot Wilcoxon
Version: 1.8.1
OS: Linux
Submission from: (NULL) (209.98.144.16)


return() is not documented.

It should also be mentioned in the R Reference section for function().
Apparently the last result of a function is the return value from a function,
except when the function is terminated with a return() with an argument.

Scot@wilcoxon.org wrote:
> Full_Name: Scot Wilcoxon
> Version: 1.8.1
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (209.98.144.16)
> 
> 
> return() is not documented.
No, it is documented: on the same help page as function()!
Try ?return.
> It should also be mentioned in the R Reference section for function().
> Apparently the last result of a function is the return value from a
function,
> except when the function is terminated with a return() with an argument.
See the "Details" Section of ?return.

Also, there s no "Reference" Section, but a "References"
Section for
citing articles and books (not help pages), and a "See Also" Section
for
citing help pages, but it doesn't make sense to cite the help page itself.

Uwe Ligges

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>>>>> "Scot" == Scot  <Scot@wilcoxon.org>
>>>>>     on Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:12:49 +0100 (CET) writes:
    Scot> Full_Name: Scot Wilcoxon Version: 1.8.1 OS: Linux
    Scot> Submission from: (NULL) (209.98.144.16)

    Scot> return() is not documented.

huuuh ?  (see below)

    Scot> It should also be mentioned in the R Reference section
    Scot> for function().  

    Scot> Apparently the last result of a
    Scot> function is the return value from a function, except
    Scot> when the function is terminated with a return() with
    Scot> an argument.

?return  does give the correct page, and the "Details" section
does talk about this,  right ?

Scot@wilcoxon.org writes:
> Full_Name: Scot Wilcoxon
> Version: 1.8.1
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (209.98.144.16)
> 
> 
> return() is not documented.
> 
> It should also be mentioned in the R Reference section for function().
> Apparently the last result of a function is the return value from a
function,
> except when the function is terminated with a return() with an argument.
Eh??? What does help(return) say on your system? Mine has

Usage:

     function( arglist ) expr
     return(value)
......
     If 'value' is missing, 'NULL' is returned.  If it is a
single
     expression, the value of the evaluated expression is returned.

     If the end of a function is reached without calling 'return', the
     value of the last evaluated expression is returned.


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