dear all,
Could anyone explain me the behaviour of median() within by()?
(I am running R.2.7.0)
thanks,
vito
> H<-cbind(rep(0:1,l=20),matrix(rnorm(20*2),20,2))
> by(H[,-1],H[,1],mean)
INDICES: 0
V1 V2
-0.2101069 0.2954377
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INDICES: 1
V1 V2
-0.23682173 -0.01225147
> by(H[,-1],H[,1],median)
Error in median.default(data[x, , drop = FALSE], ...) : need numeric data
>
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Università di Palermo
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