Display a randomly chosen statistical quote.

Usage

bioacousticsquote(
  ind = NULL,
  pattern = NULL,
  tag = NULL,
  source = NULL,
  topic = NULL
)

# S3 method for bioacousticsquote
print(x, cite = TRUE, width = NULL, ...)

# S3 method for bioacousticsquote
as.data.frame(x, row.names = NULL, optional = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

ind: Integer or character. If 'ind' is missing, a random quote is chosen from all quotations. If 'ind' is specified and is an integer, return the ind^th quote. If 'ind' is specified and is character, use it as the 'pattern'.
pattern: Character string. Quotes are subset to to those which match the pattern in the quote text.
tag: Character string. Quotes are subset to those matching the specified tag.
source: Character string. Quotes are subset to those matching the specified source (person).
topic: Deprecated. Use 'tag' instead. Only kept for backward compatibility.
x: object of class 'bioacousticsquote'
cite: logical; should the cite field be printed?
width: Optional print width parameter
...: Other optional arguments, unused here
row.names: see as.data.frame
optional: see as.data.frame

Value

A character vector containing one quote. It is of class bioacousticsquote for which an S3 print method will be invoked, and for which other methods are available.

Examples

set.seed(1234)
bioacousticsquote()
#> 
#> There was never a King like Solomon, Not since the world began; But
#> Solomon talked to a butterfly, As a man would talk to a man.
#> --- Rudyard Kipling, The Butterfly that Stamped
bioacousticsquote(10)
#> 
#> A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound
#> of man is becoming deafening.
#> --- Bernie Krause, The Great Animal Orchestra
bioacousticsquote("Seuketat")
#> 
#> Seuketat is the Eskimo word for ear-of-the-animal. This is what we must
#> become if we want to truly listen.
#> --- Gordon Hempton, Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox
bioacousticsquote(pattern="Seuketat")
#> 
#> Seuketat is the Eskimo word for ear-of-the-animal. This is what we must
#> become if we want to truly listen.
#> --- Gordon Hempton, Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox
bioacousticsquote(source="Hempton")
#> 
#> How can we listen for something that we have not yet heard? We can't.
#> When we listen in this way, selectively, we are actually practicing
#> controlled impairment.
#> --- Gordon Hempton, Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox
bioacousticsquote(tag="poetry")
#> 
#> Then the little Hiawatha, Learned of every bird its language, Learned
#> their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in
#> summer, Where they hid themselves in winter, Talked with them whene'er
#> he met them, Called them 'Hiawatha's Chickens.'
#> --- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Haiwatha's Childhood
print.data.frame(bioacousticsquote(9)) # All information
#>   qid
#> 9   9
#>                                                                                                         text
#> 9 Sound, because it is so intimate, immediate, and physical, is probably the most influential of our senses.
#>          source             cite  url      tags  tex
#> 9 Bernie Krause Wild Soundscapes <NA> listening <NA>

Display a randomly chosen statistical quote.

Usage

Arguments

Value

See also

Examples