Amit Patel <amitrh...@yahoo.co.uk> writes: > x <- loadings(BHPLS1) > > my loadings contain variable names rather than numbers.
No, they don't. >>str(x) > loadings [1:94727, 1:10] -0.00113 -0.03001 -0.00059 -0.00734 -0.02969 ... > - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2 > ..$ : chr [1:94727] "PCIList1" "PCIList2" "PCIList3" "PCIList4" ... > ..$ : chr [1:10] "Comp 1" "Comp 2" "Comp 3" "Comp 4" ... > - attr(*, "explvar")= Named num [1:10] 14.57 6.62 7.59 5.91 3.26 ... > ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:10] "Comp 1" "Comp 2" "Comp 3" "Comp 4" ... Look at the first line of output. These are the values, and they are numeric (it is a matrix). The other lines are attributes of the matrix. >>plot(BHPLS1, "loadings", comps = 1:2, legendpos = "topleft", labels = >>"numbers", >>xlab = "nm") > Error in loadingplot.default(x, ...) : > Could not convert variable names to numbers. This says that loadingplot.default could not convert variable _names_ to numbers. That is not surprising, since the variable names are PCIList1, PCIList2, etc., and the documentation for loadinplot says: with '"numbers"', the variable names are converted to numbers, if possible. Variable names of the forms '"number"' or '"number text"' (where the space is optional), are handled. So don't ask the plot function to use numbers as labels. Use e.g. names instead: labels = "names". Tip: It is always a good idea to read the output and error messages very carefully. -- Regards, Bjørn-Helge Mevik ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.