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# Author: http://stackoverflow.com/users/1270695/ananda-mahto
# http://chat.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/11673110#11673110
snarkments <- function(choice = "Reproduce and be merry") {
A <- c("Reproduce and be merry" = "Please provide a [minimal reproducible example](http://stackoverflow.com/q/5963269/1270695), and please show us what you have tried",
"lmgtfy" = "I suppose you have [searched](http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask) for your problem on SO?",
"catkiller!" = "Die!!! Die!!! Die!!!")
unname(A[choice])
}Usage:
snarkments()
# [1] "Please provide a [minimal reproducible example](http://stackoverflow.com/q/5963269/1270695), and please show us what you have tried"
snarkments("lmgtfy")
# [1] "I suppose you have [searched](http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask) for your problem on SO?"
snarkments("catkiller!")
# [1] "Die!!! Die!!! Die!!!"- More resources at r-public HammeR