> -----Original Message----- > "Reserved words outside quotes are always parsed to be > references to the objects linked to in the 'Description', and > hence they are not allowed as syntactic names (see > make.names). They are allowed as non-syntactic names, e.g. > inside backtick quotes." > > You should prefer the use of "[" rather than "$".
The magic of $ also allows dat$"in" or dat$'in' But you may have a happier time if you rename the columns to "In" and "Out", neither of which is reserved. S Ellison ******************************************************************* This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} ______________________________________________ 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.