R devel - Nov 2005 - Help page of "par"

Dear all,

the second paragraph on the value returned by par() on the help page
of par says:

     When just one parameter is queried, the value is a character
     string. When two or more parameters are queried, the result is a
     list of character strings, with the list names giving the
     parameters.

But this does not seem to be correct:
> par("lty", "ask", "lwd", "oma")
$lty
[1] "solid"

$ask
[1] FALSE

$lwd
[1] 1

$oma
[1] 0 0 0 0

Only the first one is a character string, the other ones are a
logical, a number and a vector of numbers, respectively.  Should it
rather be something like (also in view of the next sentence):

     When just one parameter is queried, the value of that parameter
     is returned as a vector.  When two or more parameters are
     queried, their values are returned in a list, with the list names
     giving the parameters.

Cheers,

        Berwin

Thank you, Berwin.

You are definitely right,
and I have committed a fix to R-patched and R-devel.

Maybe  help(par)  has been just too long a document to be really read .. ;-)

Martin
>>>>> "BeT" == Berwin A Turlach <berwin at
maths.uwa.edu.au>
>>>>>     on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 00:51:51 +0800 writes:
    BeT> Dear all,
    BeT> the second paragraph on the value returned by par() on the help page
    BeT> of par says:

    BeT> When just one parameter is queried, the value is a character
    BeT> string. When two or more parameters are queried, the result is a
    BeT> list of character strings, with the list names giving the
    BeT> parameters.

    BeT> But this does not seem to be correct:

    >> par("lty", "ask", "lwd",
"oma")
    BeT> $lty
    BeT> [1] "solid"

    BeT> $ask
    BeT> [1] FALSE

    BeT> $lwd
    BeT> [1] 1

    BeT> $oma
    BeT> [1] 0 0 0 0

    BeT> Only the first one is a character string, the other ones are a
    BeT> logical, a number and a vector of numbers, respectively.  Should it
    BeT> rather be something like (also in view of the next sentence):

    BeT> When just one parameter is queried, the value of that parameter
    BeT> is returned as a vector.  When two or more parameters are
    BeT> queried, their values are returned in a list, with the list names
    BeT> giving the parameters.

    BeT> Cheers,

    BeT> Berwin

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