It is hard to respond without reproducible examples. Do str(dat[2,23:46]) and see what it reports. My guess is that one of the columns is not numeric. Find out which one it is, fix it and then try 'hist' again.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Paul Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am trying to plot a histogram from the following code: > dat<-read.table(file="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Owner\\My > Documents\\Yeast\\Yeast.txt",header=T,row.names=1) > file.show(file="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Owner\\My > Documents\\Yeast\\Yeast.txt") > x<-dat[2,23:46] > y=mean(x,trim=0,na.rm=T) > colMeans(dat[2,23:46]) > boxplot(dat[2,23:46]) > hist(dat[2,23:46]) > The box plot is fine but the histogram keeps giving me the error that x > must be numeric.I am not sure what is wrong here with the instructions > for the histogram plot. > Any help would be appreciated > Paul > > > > [[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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.
