R devel - Feb 2004 - typo in help(names)? (PR#6594)

Full_Name: Stephen Weigand
Version: 1.8.1
OS: solaris2.8
Submission from: (NULL) (129.176.151.124)


There may be typo in the 'help(names)' documentation.

R> version
         _                   
platform sparc-sun-solaris2.8
arch     sparc               
os       solaris2.8          
system   sparc, solaris2.8   
status                       
major    1                   
minor    8.1                 
year     2003                
month    11                  
day      21                  
language R       


R> help(names)

... [lines deleted]

Examples:

... [lines deleted]

     ## assign just one name
     z <- 1:3
     names(z)
     # change just the name of the third element.
     names(z)[2] <- "b"
     z

Should the second comment read "... second element."
rather than "... third element."?

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 weigand@mayo.edu wrote:
>
>      ## assign just one name
>      z <- 1:3
>      names(z)
>      # change just the name of the third element.
>      names(z)[2] <- "b"
>      z
>
> Should the second comment read "... second element."
> rather than "... third element."?
>
Yes. Or else [2] should read [3].

	-thomas