Dear all, I have a data frame df and i am using a code shown below.
df[, "total"] <- rowSums(df[, 3:6]) MAKING A NEW COLUMN total in df BY ROWSUMS defineSamples<- function() { readline("enter the number of INDIVIDUALS IN POOL: ") } df$ind=definesamples() CALLING THE FUNCTION AND STORING THE INPUT FROM USER IN NEW COLUMN OF df df[, 3:6] <- apply(df[, 3:6], 2, function(x) x / df[, "total"] * df[, "ind"] * 2) APPLYING A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA I am taking an input from user which is stored in ind column of df.and then i am applying a formula showed in last line of code. But it shows this error- Error in x/df[, "total"] * df[, "ind"] : non-numeric argument to binary operator but if i am not taking input from user and using straight way this- df$ind=9 then it is working. But i want to enter the value of ind from user.Can you please tell me how can i remove this error. Thanking you, Warm Regards Vikas Bansal Msc Bioinformatics Kings College London ______________________________________________ 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.