Oct. 28, 2011
10:03 a.m.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:45:09AM +0200, Han Genuit wrote:
Also, I like the short and concise abbreviation for 'Not Applicable', NA. It has more common uses than IGNORE. (See also here: http://www.johndcook.com/R_language_for_programmers.html#missing)
That's a very R centric point a view: you know what NA stands for, thus you find it meaningful. I can tell you that when I work with naive users, I keep having to explain that NA stands for 'not available', whereas IGNORE is at least somewhat explicit. Acronyms are a curse for communication, and they tend to be very domain specific. My two euro-cents (a rising currency, now that it has been saved by our generous leaders) G