Thi is great! Thank you so much for taking the time to give is this hint. Â mike
>________________________________ > From: Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> >To:Mihai Nica <mihain...@yahoo.com>; Mihai Nica <mihain...@yahoo.com>; Jorge I >Velez <jorgeivanve...@gmail.com>; Katarzyna Kulma <katarzyna.ku...@gmail.com> >Cc: R mailing list <r-help@r-project.org> >Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 8:16 AM >Subject: Re: [R] R does not subset > > >This typically occurs because of sloppy manual data entry outside of R. To >relieve further analysis pain, you can manually clean the data (usually only >effective for one-time analyses) or use R to fix problems right after loading >the data (there are multiple methods for doing this... I prefer using ?sub on >character data before creating the factor). >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jeff Newmiller            The  .....   >..... Go Live... >DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us>    Basics: ##.#.   ##.#. Live >Go... >                   Live: OO#.. Dead: >OO#.. Playing >Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries      O.O#.   #.O#. with >/Software/Embedded Controllers)       .OO#.   .OO#. >rocks...1k >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > >Mihai Nica <mihain...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>Hi: >> >>"(note the space after "Infected")" >> >>Since I lost a morning too with this issue, I am just curious, why is >>there a space?� >> >>I know, it must be a dumb question, a reasonable programming rule, but >>that's my level :-) >>� >>mike >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Jorge I Velez <jorgeivanve...@gmail.com> >>>To:Katarzyna Kulma <katarzyna.ku...@gmail.com> >>>Cc: R mailing list <r-help@r-project.org> >>>Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 6:01 AM >>>Subject: Re: [R] R does not subset >>> >>> >>>Hi Kasia, >>> >>>You need >>> >>>subset(REC2,� INFECTION=="Infected ") >>> >>>(note the space after "Infected"). >>> >>>HTH, >>>Jorge.- >>> >>> >>>On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Katarzyna Kulma >>><katarzyna.ku...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I know there have been several requests regarding subsetting before, >>but >>>> none of them really helps with my problem: >>>> >>>> I'm trying to subset only infected individuals from the REC2 >>data.frame: >>>> >>>> > str(REC2) >>>> 'data.frame':� � 362 obs. of� 7 variables: >>>>� $ RINGNO� : Factor w/ 370 levels "BL17546","BL17577",..: 78 81 67 >>41 58 >>>> 66 17 >>>>� $ year� � : Factor w/ 8 levels "Y2002","Y2003",..: 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 >>1 3 >>>> ... >>>>� $ ccFLEDGE : int� 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 7 6 5 ... >>>>� $ rec2012� : int� 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 ... >>>>� $ binage� : Factor w/ 2 levels "ad","juv": 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... >>>>� $ INFECTION: Factor w/ 2 levels "Infected ","Uninfected ": 2 1 2 1 >>2 2 1 2 >>>> 2 1 ... >>>>� $ all.rsLD : num� -4.62 -6.19 -3.62 -4.19 -2.62 ... >>>> >>>> using either >>>> >>>> RECinf<-REC2[which (REC2$INFECTION=="Infected"),] >>>> >>>> or >>>> >>>> RECinf<-subset(REC2,� INFECTION=="Infected") >>>> >>>> in both cases I get empty data frame (0 observations): >>>> >>>> > str(RECinf) >>>> 'data.frame':� � 0 obs. of� 7 variables: >>>>� $ RINGNO� : Factor w/ 370 levels "BL17546","BL17577",..: >>>>� $ year� � : Factor w/ 8 levels "Y2002","Y2003",..: >>>>� $ ccFLEDGE : int >>>>� $ rec2012� : int >>>>� $ binage� : Factor w/ 2 levels "ad","juv": >>>>� $ INFECTION: Factor w/ 2 levels "Infected ","Uninfected ": >>>>� $ all.rsLD : num >>>> >>>> When subsetting, R doesn't return any warning or error message. >>Besides, I >>>> used same codes many times beforeand they worked perfectly well. Any >>ideas >>>> why this case is different? >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help, >>>> Kasia >>>> >>>>� � � � [[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. >>>> >>> >>>��� [[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. >>> >>> >>> >>   [[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. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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