Fortune? Where did lost variables go, with example Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 31, 2013, at 7:36 PM, "David Parkhurst <parkh...@imap.iu.edu>" > <parkh...@imap.iu.edu> wrote: > > Thank you. I've tried what you're suggesting, at an earlier suggestion > from another respondent, and I don't find my variable in any of lists > ls() through ls(7). > > I'm just going back to using R after being away from statistics for > several years. I'm thinking I might uninstall R, then reinstall it, and > redo my work so far (I've kept the commands elsewhere), and avoid using > "attach," as someone else has suggested. > > David >> On 12/31/2013 11:32 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>> On 13-12-31 9:48 AM, David Parkhurst wrote: >>> Two or three respondents asked for an example of my problem. Here's >>> what's happening to me now. I can't reproduce how I got to this point, >>> though: >>> >>>> ls() >>> [1] "All8" "All8Sites" "A" "B" "C" "i" "n" "D" "F" >>>> X >>> Error: object 'X' not found >>>> attach(All8Sites) >>>> ls() >>> [1] "All8" "All8Sites" "A" "B" "C" "i" "n" "D" "F" >>> >>> >>> "X" is one of the variables in the data frame I attached in the third >>> command above, but it's not listed by >ls(). If I enter > X now, its >>> values ARE listed, but it's hiding somewhere. What is happening here? >>> How can I get the variables in that data frame listed when I attach it? >> >> Use search() to see the search list. Your dataframe will likely be in >> position 2. Use ls(2) to see the variables there. >> >> Duncan Murdoch > > > [[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. > Confidentiality Statement: This email message, including any attachments, is for th...{{dropped:6}} ______________________________________________ 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.
