Statis...anguage(3pm)

💖 Statistics::R::REXP::Language 💖

okay bestie, so this is a User Contributed Perl Documentation page — that's the manual name, cute — and the whole thing is about Statistics::R::REXP::Language, a Perl module. yes it's a mouthful, we're gonna get through it together 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Statistics::R::REXP::Language — an R language vector 💅

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🌸 VERSION 🌸

version 1.0002

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

like, here's the vibe in code form:

use Statistics::R::REXP::Language

# Representation of the R call C<mean(c(1, 2, 3))>:
my $vec = Statistics::R::REXP::Language->new([
    Statistics::R::REXP::Symbol->new('mean'),
    Statistics::R::REXP::Double->new([1, 2, 3])
]);
print $vec->elements;

so you build a language vector out of a Symbol (the function being called) plus a Double (the args), and then you just print $vec->elements. slay. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so an object of this class is an R language vector — its "LANGSXP" type, iykyk. these objects represent calls, like model formulae and stuff. the first element is a reference to the function being called, and everything after it is the actual arguments of the call. 🫶

and if the arguments have names? those get recorded in the 'names' attribute (which is itself a Statistics::R::REXP::Character vector), and any unnamed argument just gets the name ''. but listen — if no arguments were named at all, then the language object won't even have a defined 'names' attribute. no cap.

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👑 METHODS 👑

"Statistics::R::REXP:Language" inherits from Statistics::R::REXP::Vector, with one extra rule: its first element has to be a Statistics::R::REXP::Symbol or another "Language" instance. try to make a Language that doesn't follow that rule and it will raise an exception. the audacity would be punished fr fr 😭

• sexptype — the SEXPTYPE of language vectors is "LANGSXP". that's it, that's the whole thing 💅
• to_pl — the Perl value of the language vector is an array reference to the Perl values of its "elements". basically it's the same as map {$_-"to_pl}, $vec->elements. iconic.

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💀 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS 💀

• Classes in the "REXP" hierarchy are intended to be immutable. please, do NOT try to change their value or attributes. hands off, bestie 🙈
• There are no known bugs in this module. Please see Statistics::R::IO for bug reporting.

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🌈 SUPPORT 🌈

See Statistics::R::IO for support and contact information. that's where the help lives 🫶

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Davor Cubranic <cubranic@stat.ubc.ca>

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💜 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 💜

This software is Copyright (c) 2017 by University of British Columbia.

This is free software, licensed under:

The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this was perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-02-10, from Statis...anguage(3pm) — go forth and call functions responsibly ✨💖🌸