attach(attach(dat)) should be attach(dat) Is attach() broken? I've been using attach() successfully for months. I was surprised that header=TRUE did not map the headers to the data. But since attach() worked, I've never asked for an enhancement to the various read functions. Thanks, Frank
> CC: soniaam...@gmail.com; r-help@r-project.org > From: dwinsem...@comcast.net > To: chicagobrownb...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [R] about lm > Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:31:01 -0800 > > > On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:29 AM, FJ M wrote: > > > > > dat=read.csv("c:\\ven.csv",header=TRUE,sep=";"); > > attach(attach(dat)) > > It is generally less error prone to avoid attach (even once). > > dat > > lm.1<-lm(ve~ su) > > And instead use: > > lm.1<-lm(ve~ su, data=dat) > > > summary(lm.1) > > > > GL Frank > >> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:42:39 +0100 > >> From: soniaam...@gmail.com > >> To: r-help@r-project.org > >> Subject: [R] about lm > >> > >> Dear friends, > >> I have a csv file entitled ven.csv located in C:\\, this file > >> contains only > >> two columns:"ve" and "su" I have written the following lines: > >> data=read.csv("c:\\ven.csv",header=TRUE,sep=";"); > >> > >> lm(ve~ su) > >> I have obtained the following message: > >> > >> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 've' does not exist. > >> What's the > >> problem? thank you for your help in advance > >> > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > > When you do get around to reading the Posting Guide, please note the > section where the request to NOT post in HTML is made. > > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > -- > David Winsemius, MD > Alameda, CA, USA > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.