The following is the related code and the metadata.I have tried my best to 
modify and test but the error always happened.I really don't know what it 
means. Please check it form me.
Thanks in advance.
Regards

Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:26:57 -0700
From: ml-node+s789695n4636611...@n4.nabble.com
To: chester...@live.cn
Subject: Re: About dpik function



        On 15/07/2012 19:57, chester123 wrote:

> Hi there and thanks in advance.

>

> Nowadays I am working on the plug-in bandwidth selection with R. Firstly, my


So why use package KernSmooth and not the methods in R itself?


> 1010 data is the return rate from Yahoo Finance.

> Secondly, my code is following:

>> r=read.table("/Users/user/Desktop/research/a.txt",sep=",",header=TRUE)

>> x<-r[8:1010,]

>> library(KernSmooth)

>> dpik(x,scalest="minim",level=2L,kernel="normal",canonical=FALSE,gridsize=401L,range.x=range(x),truncate=TRUE)

>

> But the error happens like this:

> Error in Summary.factor(c(233L, 917L, 381L, 748L, 272L, 242L, 269L, 963L,  :

>    range not meaningful for factors

>

> I don't know what's wrong and i am a rookie, please help with that. Thanks!

So what is 'x'?  We don't know (your code is not reproducible), but it 

sure looks like a factor.  And from the help:


        x: vector containing the sample on which the kernel density

           estimate is to be constructed.


A factor is not a vector (in this sense).


> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.


PLEASE do as you were asked.



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