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2004 Dec 08
4
Is k equivalent to k:k ?
Bringing up an old topic on a small technicality.
In the help documentation on seq.
Value:
The result is of 'mode' '"integer"' if 'from' is (numerically
equal to an) integer and 'by' is not specified.
The arguement in seq specifying length also creates "double" which is not obvious in the wording, as "by" is not specified
2004 Dec 08
4
Is k equivalent to k:k ?
Bringing up an old topic on a small technicality.
In the help documentation on seq.
Value:
The result is of 'mode' '"integer"' if 'from' is (numerically
equal to an) integer and 'by' is not specified.
The arguement in seq specifying length also creates "double" which is not obvious in the wording, as "by" is not specified
2004 Dec 12
2
Re: [R] Is k equivalent to k:k ?
I asked:
> In this discussion of seq(), can anyone explain to
> me _why_ seq(to=n) and seq(length=3) have different
> types?
Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> replied:
well, the explantion isn't hard: look at seq.default :-)
That's the "efficient cause", I was after the "final cause".
That is, I wasn't asking "what is it