Re: [R] Reading data/variables

2011-11-17 Thread Steven Yen
Thanks Sarah. I have read about the problems with attach(), and I will try to avoid it. I have now found the line that's causing the problem is: setwd(z:/homework) With that line in place, either in a program or in Rprofile.site (?), then the moment I run R and simply enter (before reading any

Re: [R] Reading data/variables

2011-11-17 Thread Sarah Goslee
Well, if your problem is that a workspace is being loaded automatically and you don't want that workspace, you have several options: 1. Use a different directory for each project so that the file loaded by default is the correct one. 2. Don't save your workspace, but regenerate it each time. 3.

Re: [R] Reading data/variables

2011-11-15 Thread Steven Yen
A follow-up on the data/variable issue I posted earlier: Here was what I did, which might was obviously causing the problem: I inserted the following line in my file Rprofile.site: setwd(z:/R) Then, as soon as I run R (before I read any data) I issue summary(mydata) I get summary

[R] Reading data/variables

2011-11-15 Thread Steven Yen
Can someone help me with this variable/data reading issue? I read a csv file and transform/create an additional variable (called y). The first set of commands below produced different sample statistics for hw11$y and y In the second set of command I renameuse the variable name yy, and sample

Re: [R] Reading data/variables

2011-11-15 Thread Sarah Goslee
Hi, The obvious answer is don't use attach() and you'll never have that problem. And see further comments inline. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Steven Yen s...@utk.edu wrote: Can someone help me with this variable/data reading issue? I read a csv file and transform/create an additional