is anyone writing an R cookbook (ala the perl cookbook)? this would be more for programming and graphics task than a statistics textbook. This seems more like a manufacturing defect than a random occurrance. if not, if I can fit it into my schedule, I may start one slowly on my website based on snippets I needed and/or found---maybe even for eventual publication. obviously, I am not a great choice for authoring such a book, because I am not a Rexpert. I really would rather just buy one from someone else than write one. please drop me a note, either if you [a] know of someone who is writing such a book, or [b] information that I would find useful, and for which I could obtain non-exclusive permission to include it in a published book (of course, with proper attribution to the real authors/inventors). regards, /iaw --- ivo welch professor of finance and economics brown / nber / yale