[R] how to do Splus compare() function in R

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Thu Apr 20 08:01:32 CEST 2006


You would need to tell us what it does (and what the inputs are).

I think it is likely that compare(x, y) in S-PLUS is the same as sign(x-y) 
in R, at least with numeric vector inputs.

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Bellinger Instruments P/L wrote:

> Hi
> I have a source file in Splus that fails in R as I am using the Splus
> function compare().
>
>        compare( ii * 1e9,f )           where ii is a single variable and f
> is a vector of length 146
>
>  R  returns with no function error
>
> Can anyone inform me how I can do this in R
>
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Bob Kelly
>
> Bellinger Instruments Pty Ltd
>
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