[R] ave(x, y, FUN=length) produces character output when x is character

Bert Gunter gunter.berton at gene.com
Thu Dec 25 21:59:37 CET 2014


On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Duncan Murdoch
<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Would you say a cube contains a polygon, or a cube is a polygon?

Neither, actually. I'd say a cube is a polyhedron or a square is a polygon.

:-)

But point taken, of course.

Cheers,
Bert






Bert Gunter
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