data(ToothGrowth) makes it available in your workspace.
> data(ToothGrowth) > ls() [1] "ToothGrowth" > str(ToothGrowth) 'data.frame': 60 obs. of 3 variables: $ len : num 4.2 11.5 7.3 5.8 6.4 10 11.2 11.2 5.2 7 ... $ supp: Factor w/ 2 levels "OJ","VC": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ... $ dose: num 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 ... Dennis On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Sierra Bravo <sierra1br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all > How does one resolve the variance between the actual availability of data > sets in the default implementation with those mentioned in the > documentation? > > I am unable to attach some of the datasets, even though help() is available > for the same datasets. For example, "ToothGrowth" is a dataset that is > widely mentioned in the documentation as being part of the base install. > help("ToothGrowth") does bring up help. > > However, the dataset is missing from the install as I'm unable to attach() > it. (An aside: why is the data() command silent on a missing dataset ? > data("ToothGrowth") is silent, whereas attach("ToothGrowth") fails loudly). > > Where can I locate and integrate the missing datasets into my base install? > > > TIA/cheers > > > s.b. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Missing-datasets-2-13-1-tp3743896p3743896.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.