Dear All, Thanks for your help.
My problem is solved. I was using the boxplot as a name and function at the same time. Beast wishes, Fredo. On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Frederic Ntirenganya <ntfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > The major problem is that I am using the same code in another dataset and > it is working perfectly. > > I do not understand why in this dataset (bungoma_rain) is not working. > The following is the new code I have: > > ## reading the data > rm(list=ls(all=TRUE)) > Bungoma=read.csv("/home/fredo/Documents/Maseno/Data/Bungoma_2.csv") > attach(Bungoma) > head(Bungoma) > tail(Bungoma) > summary(Bungoma) > # removing missing values > Bungoma <- na.omit(Bungoma) > summary(Bungoma) > > ###### split the data by month and boxplot for 0.85mm as the threshold > rain_bungoma=Bungoma[Bungoma$Rain>0.85,] > head(rain_bungoma) > bungoma_rain=split(rain_bungoma$Rain,rain_bungoma$Month) > head(bungoma_rain) > > boxplot(bungoma_rain, > names=c("J","F","M","A","M","J","J","A","S","O","N","D"),width = > table(boxplot$Month)) > title(main="Boxplot of Rain for each month") > ##################################################################### > > The error is : > > > boxplot(bungoma_rain, > > names=c("J","F","M","A","M","J","J","A","S","O","N","D"),width = > > table(boxplot$Month))Error in boxplot$Month : object of type 'closure' is > > not subsettable > > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Frederic Ntirenganya <ntfr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for the idea. >> >> I tried by changing avoiding confusion about boxplot function but I still >> have the same problem. >> >> > boxplot(bungoma_rain, >> > names=c("J","F","M","A","M","J","J","A","S","O","N","D"),width = >> > table(boxplot$Month)) >> Error in boxplot$Month : object of type 'closure' is not subsettable >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> >> wrote: >> >>> "boxplot" is a function ("closure"). You probably meant >>> "bungoma_boxplot$Month"? >>> >>> Please read the Posting Guide. One point it mentions is that this is a >>> plain text mailing list... HTML format email is not a >>> what-you-see-is-what-we-see format. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go >>> Live... >>> DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live >>> Go... >>> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing >>> Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with >>> /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. >>> rocks...1k >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >>> >>> On August 5, 2014 4:33:33 AM PDT, Frederic Ntirenganya < >>> ntfr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >Dear All, >>> > >>> >I am getting this error: Error in boxplot$Month : object of type >>> >'closure' >>> >is not subsettable >>> > >>> >The following is the codes i am using to produce the boxplot I need for >>> >this daily rainfall data. >>> > >>> >## reading the data >>> >rm(list=ls(all=TRUE)) >>> >Bungoma=read.csv("/home/fredo/Documents/Maseno/Data/Bungoma_2.csv") >>> >attach(Bungoma) >>> >head(Bungoma) >>> >tail(Bungoma) >>> >summary(Bungoma) >>> ># removing missing values >>> >Bungoma <- na.omit(Bungoma) >>> >summary(Bungoma) >>> >###### split the data by month and boxplot for 0.85mm as the threshold >>> >box_plot=Bungoma[Bungoma$Rain>0.85,] >>> >head(box_plot) >>> >bungoma_boxplot=split(box_plot$Rain,box_plot$Month) >>> >head(bungoma_boxplot) >>> >boxplot(bungoma_boxplot, >>> >names=c("J","F","M","A","M","J","J","A","S","O","N","D"),width = >>> >table(boxplot$Month)) >>> >title(main="Boxplot of Rain for each month") >>> > >>> >Any idea is welcome on how I can make it and overcome the error. >>> >Thanks. >>> > >>> > [[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. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Frederic Ntirenganya >> Maseno University, >> Kenya. >> Mobile:(+254)718492836 >> Email: fr...@aims.ac.za >> https://sites.google.com/a/aims.ac.za/fredo/ >> > > > > -- > Frederic Ntirenganya > Maseno University, > Kenya. > Mobile:(+254)718492836 > Email: fr...@aims.ac.za > https://sites.google.com/a/aims.ac.za/fredo/ > -- Frederic Ntirenganya Maseno University, Kenya. Mobile:(+254)718492836 Email: fr...@aims.ac.za https://sites.google.com/a/aims.ac.za/fredo/ [[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.