Re: [R] Unable to reference variable created in dataframe

2012-08-21 Thread slavrenz
That simple code works for me as well, but for some reason my actual code still isn't working. Here is exactly what I'm doing: - The code for importing my data is: /Bridges = read.csv(file = "C:/R/Bridges.RData.csv", head=TRUE, sep=",")/ - Within my group of highway bridges, I have defined a su

Re: [R] Unable to reference variable created in dataframe

2012-08-21 Thread slavrenz
Wow, sometimes writing it all out does really help to see the issue. I now see that I need to run the "log" command before splitting my data into a subset, or it won't see the newly created variable. My code now runs without issue. Thanks for everyone who took the time to read this and/or help. I

Re: [R] Unable to reference variable created in dataframe

2012-08-20 Thread Jean V Adams
Steve, I tried to replicate your error, but couldn't do it. The code below works just fine for me. Does it for you? # create an example data frame Bridges <- data.frame(CONDITION=1:5, TRAFFIC=rnorm(5), WEATHER=rnorm(5)) # create new variable "LOG_COND" Bridges$LOG_COND = log(Bridges$CONDITION

[R] Unable to reference variable created in dataframe

2012-08-20 Thread slavrenz
Hello, I have question about referencing a variable that I created in a dataframe, and I am hoping the experts on here can be of assistance. I have a dataset of highway bridges with approximately 10,000 observations. I imported these into R in the form of a dataframe called "Bridges". I am interes