[R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car

[Rolf Turner]

On 22/06/16 13:06, Ashim Kapoor wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> my details:-
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.3.0 (2016-05-03)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Ubuntu 15.10
>
> locale:
>  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_IN       LC_NUMERIC=C         LC_TIME=en_IN
>  [4] LC_COLLATE=en_IN     LC_MONETARY=en_IN    LC_MESSAGES=en_IN
>  [7] LC_PAPER=en_IN       LC_NAME=C            LC_ADDRESS=C
> [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C       LC_MEASUREMENT=en_IN LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] car_2.1-2
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>  [1] Rcpp_0.12.5        lattice_0.20-33    MASS_7.3-43
> grid_3.3.0
>  [5] nlme_3.1-128       MatrixModels_0.4-1 SparseM_1.7
> minqa_1.2.4
>  [9] nloptr_1.0.4       Matrix_1.2-6       splines_3.3.0
> lme4_1.1-12
> [13] pbkrtest_0.4-6     parallel_3.3.0     mgcv_1.8-7
> nnet_7.3-10
> [17] quantreg_5.24
>>
>
>>     ## Not run:
>> attach(UN)
>>
>> # enter the power-transformation parameter
>> # start with 1
>> Ask(p, function(p) qq.plot(box.cox(gdp, p),
> +         ylab=paste("transformed gdp, power =",p)))
> Error: could not find function "Ask"
>>
>
> What can I do to correct this?

What led you to believe that such a function exists (in the "car" 
package or anywhere else for that matter)?  And what exactly do you want 
it to do for you?

cheers,

Rolf Turner

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