Comments on: R Function Usage Frequencies http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/notebook/2009/12/07/r-function-usage-frequencies/ "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense." Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:17:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jesse http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/notebook/2009/12/07/r-function-usage-frequencies/comment-page-1/#comment-17805 Jesse Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:07:03 +0000 http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/?p=3638#comment-17805 And that is why almost all of my scripts include len <- function(x) length(x) "gth" is just too much extra fluff for such a frequently used function. And that is why almost all of my scripts include

len <- function(x) length(x)

"gth" is just too much extra fluff for such a frequently used function.

]]> By: John Myles White http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/notebook/2009/12/07/r-function-usage-frequencies/comment-page-1/#comment-17804 John Myles White Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:29:34 +0000 http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/?p=3638#comment-17804 Thanks, Hadley. I'll produce a data set containing the function name, package name and occurrence count sometime tonight; then I can produce a list of functions ranked by the number of packages they occur in. Thanks, Hadley. I’ll produce a data set containing the function name, package name and occurrence count sometime tonight; then I can produce a list of functions ranked by the number of packages they occur in.

]]> By: Hadley Wickham http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/notebook/2009/12/07/r-function-usage-frequencies/comment-page-1/#comment-17803 Hadley Wickham Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:45:38 +0000 http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/?p=3638#comment-17803 This is neat! It would also be useful to have the number of packages each function is used in. This is neat! It would also be useful to have the number of packages each function is used in.

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