Hi, I couldn't find the data(manaus) in library(Kendall). I guess data(GuelphP) is similar to your dataset.
class(GuelphP) [1] "ts" typeof(GuelphP) #[1] "double" head(GuelphP) #[1] 0.47 0.51 0.35 0.19 0.33 NA GuelphP # Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec #1972 0.470 0.510 0.350 0.190 0.330 NA 0.365 0.650 0.825 1.000 0.385 0.900 #1973 0.295 0.140 0.220 0.200 0.140 0.400 NA 0.495 1.100 0.590 0.270 0.300 #1974 NA 0.065 0.240 0.058 0.079 0.065 0.120 0.091 0.058 0.120 0.120 0.110 #1975 0.460 0.150 0.086 0.028 NA 0.110 0.360 0.180 0.065 0.130 0.120 0.190 #1976 0.150 0.107 0.047 0.055 0.080 0.071 0.121 0.108 0.169 0.066 0.079 0.104 #1977 0.157 0.140 0.070 0.056 0.042 0.116 0.106 0.094 0.097 0.050 0.079 0.114 alb_data<-read.table(text=" year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1997 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 23.406 16.166 16.057 16.803 1998 14.157 14.605 14.112 17.709 13.800 14.338 14.157 17.404 17.725 15.429 16.090 18.061 1999 14.888 13.837 15.929 13.637 16.020 14.699 15.987 15.212 14.752 15.935 13.397 21.725 2000 16.562 18.125 19.600 17.971 16.454 15.129 13.901 21.664 17.675 13.793 13.464 16.452 2001 15.706 16.417 13.324 14.117 13.550 15.825 14.687 14.844 15.006 14.793 13.489 15.726 2002 11.777 11.775 11.564 13.141 14.462 15.517 18.801 15.652 17.127 14.070 14.626 17.964 ",sep="",header=TRUE) typeof(alb_data) #[1] "list" class(alb_data) #[1] "data.frame" alb_data1<-ts(matrix(unlist(t(alb_data[,-1])),ncol=1,byrow=F),frequency=12,start=1997) #or alb_data1<- ts(as.vector(unlist(t(alb_data[,-1]))),frequency=12,start=1997) alb_data1 # Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct #1997 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 23.406 16.166 #1998 14.157 14.605 14.112 17.709 13.800 14.338 14.157 17.404 17.725 15.429 #1999 14.888 13.837 15.929 13.637 16.020 14.699 15.987 15.212 14.752 15.935 #2000 16.562 18.125 19.600 17.971 16.454 15.129 13.901 21.664 17.675 13.793 #2001 15.706 16.417 13.324 14.117 13.550 15.825 14.687 14.844 15.006 14.793 #2002 11.777 11.775 11.564 13.141 14.462 15.517 18.801 15.652 17.127 14.070 # Nov Dec #1997 16.057 16.803 #1998 16.090 18.061 #1999 13.397 21.725 #2000 13.464 16.452 #2001 13.489 15.726 #2002 14.626 17.964 class(alb_data1) #[1] "ts" typeof(alb_data1) #[1] "double" is.ts(alb_data1) #[1] TRUE library(Kendall) SeasonalMannKendall(na.omit(alb_data1)) #tau = -0.143, 2-sided pvalue =0.20287 A.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: twynne <timothy.wy...@noaa.gov> To: r-help@r-project.org Cc: Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 2:14 PM Subject: [R] convert list into a time series I am trying to use the SeasonalMannKendall function in the Kendall package. My dataset (alb_data) is in the same format as the example dataset (manaus) in the package. > class(manaus) [1] "ts" > is.ts(manaus) [1] TRUE > typeof(manaus) [1] "double" > alb_data=read.table("R:/albemarle_manken.txt", header=T) > head(alb_data) year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 1997 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 23.406 16.166 16.057 16.803 2 1998 14.157 14.605 14.112 17.709 13.800 14.338 14.157 17.404 17.725 15.429 16.090 18.061 3 1999 14.888 13.837 15.929 13.637 16.020 14.699 15.987 15.212 14.752 15.935 13.397 21.725 4 2000 16.562 18.125 19.600 17.971 16.454 15.129 13.901 21.664 17.675 13.793 13.464 16.452 5 2001 15.706 16.417 13.324 14.117 13.550 15.825 14.687 14.844 15.006 14.793 13.489 15.726 6 2002 11.777 11.775 11.564 13.141 14.462 15.517 18.801 15.652 17.127 14.070 14.626 17.964 > class(alb_data) [1] "data.frame" > is.ts(alb_data) [1] FALSE > typeof(alb_data) [1] "list" Can anyone please help me get my dataset into the correct format so that I can run the test? Thank you for your time and help! -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/convert-list-into-a-time-series-tp4658716.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.