Yes, I must made a mistake thinking state.abb, state.area is contained in 'state'. But they are actually different data frame.
But why does this list have 'state' when it doesn't actually exist? state<http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/state.html> US State Facts and Figures state.abb<http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/state.html> US State Facts and Figures state.area<http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/state.html> US State Facts and Figures state.center<http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/state.html> US State Facts and Figures state.division<http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/state.html> US State Facts and Figures state.name<http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/state.html> US State Facts and Figures state.region<http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/state.html> US State Facts and Figures state.x77<http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/state.html> US State Facts and Figures Here's the link where I found it. http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/00Index.html Yes, I was forced to reinstalled because I didn't find datasets on CRAN. Thanks, Mike On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 7:12 PM, David Winsemius <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:09 PM, C W wrote: > > > Hi list, > > I am having some trouble using the datasets package. The 'state' data is > > missing. > > Evidence? (Notice there is no dataframe named "state") > > state.abb (state) US State Facts and Figures > state.area (state) US State Facts and Figures > state.center (state) US State Facts and Figures > state.division (state) US State Facts and Figures > state.name (state) US State Facts and Figures > state.region (state) US State Facts and Figures > state.x77 (state) US State Facts and Figures > > > > So, I removed the package trying to reinstall. > > Well, now you've really done it, Ollie. > > > > > What I did, > > Package&Data > Package Installer > Get list > > > > No 'datasets' in the list. > > Correct. Also no "stats" or "base" or "graphics". > > > > > So, I tried to install using, > > > >> install.packages('datasets') > > > > Warning message: > > > > package datasets is not available (for R version 2.15.1) > > > > > > But, the documentation says it is built for 2.15.1. > > > http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/datasets/html/00Index.html > > Since it is part of the base install, you may find it easiest to just > reinstall R. > > -- > David. > > > > > >> sessionInfo() > > > > R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) > > > > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) > > > > > > locale: > > > > [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 > > > > > > attached base packages: > > > > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils methods base > > > > So, am I missing something? > > Thanks, > > M > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > David Winsemius, MD > Alameda, CA, USA > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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