When you copied it into MS Word, did you "Copy -> "paste special" -> "unformatted text"? This trick sometimes might expose (or eliminate) nonprinting characters or characters with special attributes that might have created the problem.
spencer graves David Groos wrote: > Thank you-all very much for your help, your responses and help has been > very encouraging. The following doesn't close the case but it tables > it... > > First I copied Ken's code into my R Console and...it worked great! > That was baffling as it looked identical to mine. > > I did not explicitly say earlier that the code I sent out I had copied > from the console, pasted into MS Word, changed font size, then pasted > it into the e-mail--in other words, that was a copy of one of the codes > that didn't work. > > Anyway, I then copied the non-working, pasted it into Console, > expecting that it would say "Error: syntax error" upon pressing the > return key at the end of this line: > >>>+ tst<-(yb1-yb2)/sqrt(s*(1/n1+1/n2)) > > but it didn't! and the code worked this time, also! > I then went about doing what I could to replicate the error from before > and was as unsuccessful in doing that as I was in making it work, > earlier. > > > On Jul 15, 2005, at 4:43 PM, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > > >>"Bret Collier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>David, >>>If below is exactly what you typed, check your code again, I think you >>>are missing a '}' after the last 2 parentheses. >> >>That's not supposed to cause a syntax error, just another '+'. > > (right! that's what I thought...) > >>I can copy and paste the code as written and not get an error: >> >> >>>twosam<-function(y1, y2) { >> >>+ n1<-length(y1);n2 <-length(y2) >>+ yb1<-mean(y1); yb2<-mean(y2) >>+ s1<-var(y1);s2<-var(y2) >>+ s<-((n1-1)*s1 + (n2-1)*s2)/(n1+n2-2) >>+ tst<-(yb1-yb2)/sqrt(s*(1/n1+1/n2)) >>+ } >> >>Perhaps this was the 1st time David got his typing right? The error is >>of the sort you'd get if you had >> >> s<-((n1-1)*s1 + (n2-1)*s2/(n1+n2-2) > > Interestingly enough, I did try this line when first I was trying to > make the code work and with just 1 ")" at the end I didn't get the > error message, but then again I wasn't able to make the whole program > work, either. > > In conclusion, I can't explain why it didn't first work time nor why I > couldn't replicate the error. I think I ought to e-mail the Mac R > folks about this. > > Again, Thanks, > > -David > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html -- Spencer Graves, PhD Senior Development Engineer PDF Solutions, Inc. 333 West San Carlos Street Suite 700 San Jose, CA 95110, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pdf.com <http://www.pdf.com> Tel: 408-938-4420 Fax: 408-280-7915 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html