Frankly, I have never even heard about this package before and have no clue what it does, but the error messages nevertheless suggested a missing call of library. And I didn't bother to check the spelling, my fault. So I guess you are right... I still didn't check :-) So to the OP: try library(asdf) with "asdf" replaced by the correct package name, and mind the spelling!
Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsem...@comcast.net] > Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 14:22 > To: Meyners,Michael,LAUSANNE,AppliedMathematics > Cc: Gough Lauren; r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Quantreg - 'could not find function"rq"' > > > On Jan 7, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Meyners, Michael, LAUSANNE, > AppliedMathematics wrote: > > > Are you sure you called > > library(Quantreg) > > before calling any function? > > M. > > Are you both using a package with the exact spelling > "Quantreg"? I would have expected it to be : > > library(quantreg) > > -- > David. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > >> [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Gough Lauren > >> Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 13:44 > >> To: r-help@r-project.org > >> Subject: [R] Quantreg - 'could not find function"rq"' > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> > >> > >> I'm having some troubles with the Quantreg package. I am using R > >> version 2.10.0, and have downloaded the most recent version of > >> Quantreg > >> (4.44) and SparseM (0.83 - required package). However, > when I try to > >> run an analysis (e.g. fit1<-rq(y~x, tau=0.5)) I get an > error message > >> saying that the function "rq" could not be found. I get the same > >> message when I try to search for any of the other functions that > >> should be in the package (e.g. > >> help(anova.rq)). > >> > >> > >> > >> I used this package last year and still have the old > versions of both > >> quantreg and SparseM saved on my machine. When I load these older > >> packages and attempt an analysis (which, incidentally, worked fine > >> last > >> February) I get the same error messages as I do with the new > >> versions. > >> > >> > >> > >> The only think I have changed since last February is the > version of R > >> I am using - is there any reason why quantreg wouldn't work in > >> version 2.10.0? I'm not very experienced with R so I'm > struggling to > >> work out what may be going wrong > >> - does anyone have any suggestions!? > >> > >> > >> > >> Many thanks > >> > >> > >> > >> Lauren > >> > >> > >> > >> --_______________________________________ > >> > >> > >> > >> Lauren Gough - Postgraduate Research Student University of > >> Nottingham, School of Geography, Nottingham, NG7 2RD > >> > >> Tel: +44 (0)115 8467052 > >> Email: lgx...@nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:lgx...@nottingham.ac.uk> > >> > >> P Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail > unless you > >> really need to. > >> > >> > >> > >> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > >> attachment may still contain software viruses which could > damage your > >> computer system: > >> you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with > >> the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK > >> legislation. > >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > > David Winsemius, MD > Heritage Laboratories > West Hartford, CT > > ______________________________________________ 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.