Hi again all, As the original code lines I had dated back to 2007 that may have predated reshape2?
In any case the use of *dcast *rather than /*cast*/ solved the issue. Then with 3 steps: Stop read Think I saw I just needed to change the line input.cast <- cast(input.melt, Species ~ *Date*, fun.aggregate = sum) to input.cast <- cast(input.melt, Species ~ *Time*, fun.aggregate = sum) ...and it all works as expected and needed. Thanks again all who replied. Bruce [[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.