Re: [R] problem with get() inside of lme()

2012-05-16 Thread ONKELINX, Thierry
You can achieve that with a combination of as.formula and paste.

library(nlme)
data(petrol, package = "MASS")
lme(as.formula(paste(Y.VAR, "~EP")), random= ~1|No, data=petrol)

Best regards,

Thierry

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Onderwerp: Re: [R] problem with get() inside of lme()

Here is an example:
library(nlme)
library(lme4)
library(MASS)

data(petrol)

# a variable for one of the columns in petrol Y.VAR <- "Y"

# This works:
lmer(get(Y.VAR)~EP +(1|No), data=petrol)

# This doesn't:
lme(get(Y.VAR)~EP, random= ~1|No, data=petrol)

# but this does:
lme(Y~EP, random= ~1|No, data=petrol)

I'd really like to use the variable... again, this is inside a function.

Any idea how to solve this.
Thanks for your time and expertise,
Chuck




chuck.01 wrote
>
> please note that I edited the original message to say:
>
>> length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1)))
> [1] TRUE
>
>
>
>
>
> chuck.01 wrote
>>
>> Hi,
>>  The following lines of code are inside of a function, where  "TRAIT1" is
>> a function variable calling a column-name inside of the data.frame
>> "new3".
>>
>> This works just fine:
>>
>> m2 <- lmer(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score + (1|site), data=new3)
>>
>> but this will not work:
>>
>> m3 <- lme(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score , random= ~1|site, data=new3)
>>
>> I get the following error:
>>
>> Error in model.frame.default(formula = ~TRAIT1 + perm.score + site, data
>> = list( :
>>   variable lengths differ (found for 'perm.score')
>>
>> it seems to be putting TRAIT1 on the left side of the equation, and if I
>> am wrong about that, the different lengths from the error is still not
>> true:
>>
>>> length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1)))
>> [1] TRUE
>>
>> Any ideas on either what is going on, or how I can fix this?
>>
>> ** I'm not including example data, or function because I am hoping it is
>> not needed **
>> Please let me know if I am wrong.
>>
>


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Re: [R] problem with get() inside of lme()

2012-05-12 Thread chuck.01
Here is an example:
library(nlme)
library(lme4)
library(MASS)

data(petrol)

# a variable for one of the columns in petrol
Y.VAR <- "Y"

# This works:
lmer(get(Y.VAR)~EP +(1|No), data=petrol)

# This doesn't:
lme(get(Y.VAR)~EP, random= ~1|No, data=petrol)

# but this does:
lme(Y~EP, random= ~1|No, data=petrol)

I'd really like to use the variable... again, this is inside a function. 

Any idea how to solve this. 
Thanks for your time and expertise, 
Chuck




chuck.01 wrote
> 
> please note that I edited the original message to say:
> 
>> length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1))) 
> [1] TRUE 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> chuck.01 wrote
>> 
>> Hi, 
>>  The following lines of code are inside of a function, where  "TRAIT1" is
>> a function variable calling a column-name inside of the data.frame
>> "new3".
>> 
>> This works just fine: 
>> 
>> m2 <- lmer(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score + (1|site), data=new3)
>> 
>> but this will not work:
>> 
>> m3 <- lme(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score , random= ~1|site, data=new3)
>> 
>> I get the following error:
>> 
>> Error in model.frame.default(formula = ~TRAIT1 + perm.score + site, data
>> = list( : 
>>   variable lengths differ (found for 'perm.score')
>> 
>> it seems to be putting TRAIT1 on the left side of the equation, and if I
>> am wrong about that, the different lengths from the error is still not
>> true:
>> 
>>> length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1)))
>> [1] TRUE
>> 
>> Any ideas on either what is going on, or how I can fix this?
>> 
>> ** I'm not including example data, or function because I am hoping it is
>> not needed **
>> Please let me know if I am wrong.
>> 
> 


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Re: [R] problem with get() inside of lme()

2012-05-12 Thread chuck.01
please note that I edited the original message to say:

> length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1))) 
[1] TRUE 





chuck.01 wrote
> 
> Hi, 
>  The following lines of code are inside of a function, where  "TRAIT1" is
> a function variable calling a column-name inside of the data.frame "new3".
> 
> This works just fine: 
> 
> m2 <- lmer(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score + (1|site), data=new3)
> 
> but this will not work:
> 
> m3 <- lme(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score , random= ~1|site, data=new3)
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> Error in model.frame.default(formula = ~TRAIT1 + perm.score + site, data =
> list( : 
>   variable lengths differ (found for 'perm.score')
> 
> it seems to be putting TRAIT1 on the left side of the equation, and if I
> am wrong about that, the different lengths from the error is still not
> true:
> 
>> length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1)))
> [1] TRUE
> 
> Any ideas on either what is going on, or how I can fix this?
> 
> ** I'm not including example data, or function because I am hoping it is
> not needed **
> Please let me know if I am wrong.
> 


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[R] problem with get() inside of lme()

2012-05-12 Thread chuck.01
Hi, 
 In the following lines of code are inside of a function, where  "TRAIT1" is
a function variable calling a column-name inside of the data.frame "new3".

This works just fine: 

m2 <- lmer(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score + (1|site), data=new3)

but this will not work, 

m3 <- lme(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score , random= ~1|site, data=new3)

I get the following error:

Error in model.frame.default(formula = ~TRAIT1 + perm.score + site, data =
list( : 
  variable lengths differ (found for 'perm.score')

it seems to be putting TRAIT1 on the left side of the equation, and if I am
wong about that, this is still not true:

length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1)))

Any ideas on either what is going on, or how I can fix this?

** I'm not including example data, or function because I am hoping it is not
needed **
Please let me know if I am wrong. 

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