Dear R helpers,
I want to know about the implications of changing the max..deparse.length
parameter in tinn-R.
I use tinn-R as my text editor. I had a problem recently in reading in
a?statement that ran for many lines.. I was trying to recode some factors with
long names into short ones. I got the following error message :
>
wdata$categ<-recode(wdata$artiklar,"'EMULSIONSOLJA'='Valsoljor';c('SM?RJMEDEL','HYDRAULOLJA','V?XELL?DSOLJA','GEJDOLJA',
+ 'MOTOROLJA','KOMPRESSOROL ..." ... [TRUNCATED]
Suspecting that this had something to do with the max.deparse.length, I
increased the default limit of 150 to 1000. I did this from the
Options/Application/R/Basic menu. After this change, the multi-line statement
could be interpreted by R without any problem.
I would like to know if there is any flip side to changing the
max.deparse.length to a large number, say 10000 (or even Inf). There must be a
reason for setting the default to 150. I would just like to know what that can
be.
From the sourceforge.net webpage for tinn-R, I was not able to figure out how I
can address the mailing list for tinn-R. I have now taken the easier option of
posting this question to the r-help list. From a search on "R seek", I
see that the "max.deparse..length" parameter is used in other contexts
also. It could therfeore be of general interest for those following the r-help
list.
Thanking you,
Ravi
