Indeed it works ! Thanks a lot. But why?
-----Original Message----- From: "arun" [smartpink...@yahoo.com] Date: 01/16/2014 08:44 PM To: "r-help@r-project.org" <r-help@r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] xts error: number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length Hi, Try: sample.xts["2007-01-02::2007-01-04","Close"] <-sample.xts["2007-01-02::2007-01-04","Close"] +1 sample.xts["2007-01-02::2007-01-04"] # Open High Low Close #2007-01-02 50.03978 50.11778 49.95041 52.11778 #2007-01-03 50.23050 50.42188 50.23050 52.39767 #2007-01-04 50.42096 50.42096 50.26414 52.33236 A.K. On Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:34 PM, ce <zadi...@excite.com> wrote: Dear all , I am getting this error while trying to change columns of an xts object with a date range as index. > library(xts) Loading required package: zoo Attaching package: ‘zoo’ The following object is masked from ‘package:base’: as.Date, as.Date.numeric > data(sample_matrix) > sample.xts <- as.xts(sample_matrix, descr='my new xts object') > head(sample.xts) Open High Low Close 2007-01-02 50.03978 50.11778 49.95041 50.11778 2007-01-03 50.23050 50.42188 50.23050 50.39767 2007-01-04 50.42096 50.42096 50.26414 50.33236 2007-01-05 50.37347 50.37347 50.22103 50.33459 2007-01-06 50.24433 50.24433 50.11121 50.18112 2007-01-07 50.13211 50.21561 49.99185 49.99185 > > sample.xts$Close <- sample.xts$Close+1 > > head(sample.xts) Open High Low Close 2007-01-02 50.03978 50.11778 49.95041 51.11778 2007-01-03 50.23050 50.42188 50.23050 51.39767 2007-01-04 50.42096 50.42096 50.26414 51.33236 2007-01-05 50.37347 50.37347 50.22103 51.33459 2007-01-06 50.24433 50.24433 50.11121 51.18112 2007-01-07 50.13211 50.21561 49.99185 50.99185 > > sample.xts["2007-01-02::2007-01-04"] Open High Low Close 2007-01-02 50.03978 50.11778 49.95041 51.11778 2007-01-03 50.23050 50.42188 50.23050 51.39767 2007-01-04 50.42096 50.42096 50.26414 51.33236 > > sample.xts["2007-01-02::2007-01-04"]$Close <- > sample.xts["2007-01-02::2007-01-04"]$Close+1 Warning message: In NextMethod(.Generic) : number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length ______________________________________________ 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.