[R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car
Ashim Kapoor
ashimkapoor at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 17:40:40 CEST 2016
wow. Cool.
Many thanks,
Ashim
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:08 PM, David L Carlson <dcarlson at tamu.edu> wrote:
> Since R is open source, the source code for packages is stored on CRAN
> mirrors. A little navigation gets us to
>
> https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/car/
>
> Loading car_1.2-16.tar.gz, the last version before car_2.0 gives the code
> for Ask():
>
> # change an argument to a function interactively (J. Fox)
>
> Ask<-function(arg, fun, ...){
> fun<-fun
> repeat{
> value<-readline(paste("Enter",deparse(substitute(arg)),": "))
> if (value == "") break()
>
> eval(parse(text=paste("fun(",deparse(substitute(arg)),"=",value,",...)")))
> }
> }
>
> Running this code will create the function.
>
> -------------------------------------
> David L Carlson
> Department of Anthropology
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, TX 77840-4352
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Ashim
> Kapoor
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 12:35 AM
> To: Fox, John
> Cc: R-help
> Subject: Re: [R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best Regards,
> Ashim
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
>
> > Dear Ashim,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ashim Kapoor [mailto:ashimkapoor at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: June 21, 2016 10:10 PM
> > > To: Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca>
> > > Cc: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com>; R-help <r-help at r-project.org
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car
> > >
> > > Dear Sir,
> > >
> > >
> > > Many thanks for your reply. May I ask,was it replaced by another
> similar
> > > function?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > > It seems interesting enough to have a function like that.
> >
> > I guess it didn't seem that useful to us. You can simply modify commands
> > in a programming editor.
> >
> > Best,
> > John
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Ashim
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca
> > > <mailto:jfox at mcmaster.ca> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Ashim and Marc,
> > >
> > > Sorry to chime in late. As Marc suggests, the Ask() function went
> > the
> > > way of the dodo before the second edition of the book (coauthored with
> > Sandy
> > > Weisberg, and retitled "An R Companion to Applied Regression") was
> > > published.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > John
> > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > > John Fox, Professor
> > > McMaster University
> > > Hamilton, Ontario
> > > Canada L8S 4M4
> > > Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org <mailto:
> > r-help-
> > > bounces at r-project.org> ] On Behalf Of Ashim
> > > > Kapoor
> > > > Sent: June 21, 2016 7:35 PM
> > > > To: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com
> > > <mailto:marc_schwartz at me.com> >
> > > > Cc: R-help <r-help at r-project.org <mailto:r-help at r-project.org>
> >
> > > > Subject: Re: [R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car
> > > >
> > > > Dear Mark,
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > > Ashim
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Marc Schwartz
> > > <marc_schwartz at me.com <mailto:marc_schwartz at me.com> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > According to the NEWS file for the package:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/car/NEWS
> > > > >
> > > > > the Ask() function was removed in car version 2.0-0, which
> was
> > > > > released on 2010-07-26. So it has been gone for about 6
> years.
> > > > >
> > > > > The version of car that is used in the documentation that you
> > are
> > > > > using is 1.2-16, which is from 2009-10-11.
> > > > >
> > > > > So the online documentation source is outdated.
> > > > >
> > > > > I see that the Ask() function is listed in the first edition
> > of John's
> > > > > book, which I have on my shelf, but I don't have the second
> > edition
> > > to
> > > > > know if that had been updated. A review of the index for the
> > second
> > > > > edition on Amazon.com would suggest that it was removed for
> the
> > > second
> > > > edition.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Marc Schwartz
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Jun 21, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Ashim Kapoor
> > > <ashimkapoor at gmail.com <mailto:ashimkapoor at gmail.com> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am reading the book An R and S plus companion to Applied
> > > > > > Regression
> > > > > and I
> > > > > > found this function there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Googling gave me the link [1].
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1.
> http://svitsrv25.epfl.ch/R-doc/library/car/html/Ask.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Rolf Turner
> > > > > > <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz <mailto:r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
> >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> 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
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> --
> > > > > >> Technical Editor ANZJS
> > > > > >> Department of Statistics
> > > > > >> University of Auckland
> > > > > >> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
> > > > >
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