Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-17 Thread Paulo Barata
Message --- From: Frans Marcelissen frans.marcelis...@digipsy.nl To: 'Paulo Barata' paulo.bar...@ensp.fiocruz.br, r-help@r-project.org Sent: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:25:21 +0200 Subject: RE: [R] variable (column) in a data frame Hoi Pauli, There is a difference between two ways of accessing

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-17 Thread Sarah Goslee
Hi, On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Paulo Barata paulo.bar...@ensp.fiocruz.br wrote: Dear Frans and Peter, Yes, the notation df[,'var'] is able to catch a non-existent variable var inside a data frame df. But the notation df$var isn't. So we have this situation, where two different

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-17 Thread Bert Gunter
- -- Original Message --- From: Frans Marcelissen frans.marcelis...@digipsy.nl To: 'Paulo Barata' paulo.bar...@ensp.fiocruz.br, r-help@r-project.org Sent: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:25:21 +0200 Subject: RE: [R] variable (column) in a data frame Hoi Pauli

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-16 Thread Frans Marcelissen
-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] Namens Paulo Barata Verzonden: zondag 15 juli 2012 16:31 Aan: r-help@r-project.org Onderwerp: [R] variable (column) in a data frame To the R help list, When using a data frame, there is no warning or error message when I refer to a non

[R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread Paulo Barata
To the R help list, When using a data frame, there is no warning or error message when I refer to a non-existent variable inside the data frame. Example: ##-- a - c(1,2,3) b - c(11,22,33) df - data.frame(a,b) df ## correct: there is a column in df

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread John Kane
Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:30:37 -0300 To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] variable (column) in a data frame To the R help list, When using a data frame, there is no warning or error message when I refer to a non-existent variable inside the data frame. Example

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread Paulo Barata
- -- Original Message --- From: peter dalgaard pda...@gmail.com To: Paulo Barata paulo.bar...@ensp.fiocruz.br Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:47:35 +0200 Subject: Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame On Jul 15, 2012, at 16:30 , Paulo Barata wrote: To the R help list

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread peter dalgaard
On Jul 15, 2012, at 17:41 , Paulo Barata wrote: Dr. Dalgaard, Thank you. But pre-checking with is.null() or using with() doesn't solve the problem of catching spelling mistakes in the name of a variable inside a data frame, when using the df$var notation often in a program. Is there

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread Peter Ehlers
- -- Original Message --- From: peter dalgaard pda...@gmail.com To: Paulo Barata paulo.bar...@ensp.fiocruz.br Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:47:35 +0200 Subject: Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame On Jul 15, 2012, at 16:30 , Paulo Barata wrote: To the R help list

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread Paulo Barata
Cc: r-help@r-project.org Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:14:22 +0200 Subject: Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame On Jul 15, 2012, at 17:41 , Paulo Barata wrote: Dr. Dalgaard, Thank you. But pre-checking with is.null() or using with() doesn't solve the problem of catching spelling

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread Berend Hasselman
Paulo Barata-3 wrote Dr. Dalgaard, Thank you. You are right, with() is able to catch spelling errors in the name of variables inside a data frame. But couldn't some error or warning be included in R when referring to a non-existent variable inside a data frame with the df$var

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread arun
,!df$a==4) [1] FALSE A.K. - Original Message - From: Paulo Barata paulo.bar...@ensp.fiocruz.br To: r-help@r-project.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 10:30 AM Subject: [R] variable (column) in a data frame To the R help list, When using a data frame, there is no warning or error

Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame

2012-07-15 Thread Peter Ehlers
: r-help@r-project.orgr-help@r-project.org, peter dalgaard pda...@gmail.com Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:29:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [R] variable (column) in a data frame On 2012-07-15 08:41, Paulo Barata wrote: Dr. Dalgaard, Thank you. But pre-checking with is.null() or using with() doesn't solve