[R] array() misfeature

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 02/12/2007 1:31 PM, Ben Bolker wrote:
> 
> 
> Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote:
>> On 02/12/2007 11:49 AM, Allen McIntosh wrote:
>>> Version: 2.5.1
>> That's an obsolete version, but the issue is still present in R-devel.
>>
>>> array() is inconsistent when given non-integral dimensions:
>>>
>>>> zz <- array(0,dim=c(4,3.01))
>>>> dim(zz)
>>> [1] 4 3
>>>> zz <- array(0,dim=c(201,4.05))
>>> Error in dim(data) <- dim : dim<- : dims [product 804] do not match the
>>> length of object [814]
>>>
>>>
>>> [IMHO the code that did this is broken.  My copy of it has been
>>> fixed.  Consistent behavior and/or a clearer error message would
>>> just have made it easier to find the problem.]
>>>
>> I'll add code to coerce dim to integer before using it.  Thanks for the 
>> report.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>
> 
>   While you're at it could you fix a trivial typo in ?dim   ?

Too late, but I'll fix the typo.
> 
>   in the description of the value argument: "... or a numeric
> vector which [is] coerced ..."
>  (I would also say that either there should be a comma after
> "vector" or "which" should be changed to "that", but never mind ...)

I think "which" is correct and have added a comma.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
>   Ben
>