On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Hutchinson,David [PYR] <david.hutchin...@ec.gc.ca> wrote: > In developing the package, I have associated datasets (*.rda) stored in the > data sub-directory. I built and installed the package successfully. > > When I load the BowRiver dataset and USArrests > >> data(BowRiver) >> data(USArrests) >> ls() > [1] "data" "USArrests" > > Why is mine stored as "data" and not "BowRiver"?
Because you have named it 'data' when you saved it into the .rda file, haven't you? Gabor > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarah Goslee [mailto:sarah.gos...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:18 PM > To: Hutchinson,David [PYR] > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Creating datasets in packages > > The key question: >> >> What am I doing wrong? > > We don't know what you _did_. How did you save the data? > Did you follow the directions in the Writing R Extensions manual? Does ls() > show the dataset? etc. > > You can "access the dataset from data" - do you mean that you can load the > data directly from the data directory within your package? How? > > Sarah > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Hutchinson,David [PYR] > <david.hutchin...@ec.gc.ca> wrote: >> I am developing an R package which includes datasets. The build and >> install works correctly. However, when I access the dataset >> ("BowRiver"), I get: >> >>> data(BowRiver) >>> BowRiver >> Error: object "BowRiver" not found. However, I can access the dataset >> from >>> data >> >> Example R datasets (such as USArrests) are loaded and can be accessed >> by the dataset name: >> >>> data(USArrests) >>> USArrests >> Murder Assault UrbanPop Rape Alabama 13.2 >> 236 58 21.2 Alaska 10.0 263 48 44.5 Arizona >> 8.1 294 80 31.0 Arkansas 8.8 190 50 19.5 >> California 9.0 276 91 40.6 ... >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Dave >> >> > > > -- > Sarah Goslee > http://www.functionaldiversity.org > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Gabor Csardi <gabor.csa...@unil.ch> UNIL DGM ______________________________________________ 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.
