[R] Load datasets

[David Winsemius]

On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:13 PM, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:

> Perhaps something like

>> alldata = data(package="MASS")
>> arg = alldata$results[70,3]
>> ineed <- data(arg, package="MASS")
>
> get(data(list = arg))

I think the get() is superfluous:

 > rm(phones)
 > exists("phones")
[1] FALSE
 > data(list=arg, package="MASS")

 > exists("phones")
[1] TRUE



>
> 2012/3/29 Hua Liang <dickliang911 at gmail.com>:
>>
>> I am trying to use datasets within R with a loaded package, for  
>> example, MASS. When I use the dataset phones, it can be done using  
>> data(phones, package=”MASS”). I am thinking about an alternative  
>> but more flexible way to load this dataset. Because phones  is the
>> 70th dataset in this package, I wrote the following codes.  
>> Unfortunately they don’t work. It will be greatly appreciated if  
>> someone can help me figure out.
>>


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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT