Martin Maechler
1997-Dec-05 14:00 UTC
R-alpha: Array indexing out of range -- difference to R-minus
> x <- cbind(1,1:3); x[,1] [,2] [1,] 1 1 [2,] 1 2 [3,] 1 3> x[5:6] <- 10 > x[,1] [,2] [1,] 1 1 [2,] 1 10 [3,] 1 10> x[5:7] <- 12 #<<<<< loses its dimension, because of `out of range' indexing > x[1] 1 1 1 1 12 12 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 --- with S-plus or S4, x remains a 3 x 2 matrix; it only `silently' grows *after* being coerced to vector -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._