Dear Alain, > -----Original Message----- > From: Alain Guillet [mailto:alain.guil...@uclouvain.be] > Sent: June-15-10 12:25 PM > To: John Fox > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Problem with the recode function > > I found out what the problem is: when I start R Commander, some plug-ins > are automatically loaded and it seems that the problem comes from the > RcmdrPlugin.Export, more precisely from the Hmisc package (the plug-in > depends on it) which contains a recode() function too with the following > documentation :
That makes sense of the problem, but I'm not sure what I can about it -- that is, there's always the possibility that someone will load a package that shadows a function in another package. I'll think some more about the problem. Best, John > > Hmisc-internal package:Hmisc R Documentation > Internal Hmisc functions > Description: > Internal Hmisc functions. > Details: > These are not to be called by the user or are undocumented. > > > Alain > > > > > > On 15-Jun-10 17:53, John Fox wrote: > > Dear Alain, > > > > I'm afraid that I can't duplicate your problem. First, there is no recode > > function in the Rcmdr package; it uses recode from car. > > > > Here's a record of my Rcmdr session, using the recode dialog to generate > the > > recode command: > > > > > >> test$variable<- recode(test$x, '1:5=0; else=1; ', as.factor.result=TRUE) > >> > > > >> test # entered in script window > >> > > x variable > > 1 1 0 > > 2 2 0 > > 3 3 0 > > 4 4 0 > > 5 5 0 > > 6 6 1 > > 7 7 1 > > 8 8 1 > > 9 9 1 > > 10 10 1 > > > > I noticed that you set as.factor.result=TRUE for one command and FALSE for > > the other, but both work for me. It occurred to me that you may have > entered > > the recode command in the script window and executed it from there, but > that > > works for me too. > > > > Best, > > John > > > > -------------------------------- > > John Fox > > Senator William McMaster > > Professor of Social Statistics > > Department of Sociology > > McMaster University > > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > > web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > >> > > On > > > >> Behalf Of Alain Guillet > >> Sent: June-15-10 10:58 AM > >> To: r-help@r-project.org > >> Subject: [R] Problem with the recode function > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am using the recode() function in Rcmdr and the result is not what I > >> expect so I am almost sure I did something wrong but what... > >> > >> > test<- data.frame(x=1:10) > >> > library(car) > >> > recode(test$x,'1:5=0 ; else=1', as.factor.result=TRUE) > >> [1] 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 > >> Levels: 0 1 > >> > >> BUT > >> > >> > library(Rcmdr) # recode from the car package is now masked > >> > >> Now I recode test$x through the Rmcdr interface and I get the following > >> code : > >> test$variable<- recode(test$x, '1:5 = 0; else = 1; ', > >> as.factor.result=FALSE) > >> And a vector of NA as result. > >> > >> > test$variable > >> [1] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA > >> > >> I am using R 2.11.1 with Rcmdr 1.5-5 on Windows Vista. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> Alain > >> > >> -- > >> Alain Guillet > >> Statistician and Computer Scientist > >> > >> SMCS - IMMAQ - Université catholique de Louvain > >> Bureau c.316 > >> Voie du Roman Pays, 20 > >> B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve > >> Belgium > >> > >> tel: +32 10 47 30 50 > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Alain Guillet > Statistician and Computer Scientist > > SMCS - IMMAQ - Université catholique de Louvain > Bureau c.316 > Voie du Roman Pays, 20 > B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve > Belgium > > tel: +32 10 47 30 50 ______________________________________________ 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.
