[R] Spearman rank correlation

2013-03-15 Thread Zia mel
Hi If I get a p-value less than 0.05 does that mean there is a significant relation between the 2 ranked lists? Sometimes I get a low correlation such as 0.3 or even 0.2 and the p-value is so low , such as 0.01 , does that mean it is significant also? and would that be interpreted as

Re: [R] Delete NA from a dist object

2008-06-05 Thread mel
Birgitle a écrit : I have a dist object containing 1 row that is only NA (not very intelligent to have bas dataset with one NA speciesanyway). I would like to delete this row from this object. newDistObject = distObject[-unwantedRow, ] hih __

Re: [R] Delete NA from a dist object

2008-06-05 Thread mel
Birgitle a écrit : Many thanks. Is there a way to give me the number of the row, if I have the row name? B. a= object 'w' = name match('w', names(a)) # or which(names(a)=='w') # or but deletion should work with the number and/or with the name.

[R] find directories

2008-04-23 Thread mel
Hello, Function dir() is very useful for finding files. However, is there a analog function for finding directories based eg on a pattern ? Apologies if I've missed something obvious. Thanks Vincent __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list

Re: [R] find directories

2008-04-23 Thread mel
Prof Brian Ripley a écrit : On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, mel wrote: Hello, Function dir() is very useful for finding files. However, is there a analog function for finding directories based eg on a pattern ? No. Apologies if I've missed something obvious. list.dirs - function

Re: [R] Research Notes

2008-04-22 Thread mel
Tom Chr Backer Johnsen a écrit : What has become more and more obvious to me after I started using R about two years ago is that I have collected a large number of data files, scripts, and workspaces (.Rdata files) in several catalogs on my computer. It is also obvious that my memory is

Re: [R] Stopping a function execution automatically after a given time

2008-04-02 Thread mel
Lukas Rode a écrit : Nowever, with regard to #2, I am lost. I would like to set a maximum time limit (say, 1 minute) and if my procedure is still running then, I would like to move on to the next model. begin_time = as.difftime(format(Sys.time(), '%H:%M:%S'), units='secs'); for(...) {

[R] access networked PCs directories/files with R ?

2008-04-01 Thread mel
access networked PCs directories/files with R ? Dear group, I would like to know if there is an easy way to access several networked PCs directories/files from one PC with R ? Concerned OS is windows. I can for instance use dir() on my current PC. Is there a way to do dir() on a connected PC ?

Re: [R] access networked PCs directories/files with R ?

2008-04-01 Thread mel
Prof Brian Ripley a écrit : On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, mel wrote: access networked PCs directories/files with R ? Dear group, I would like to know if there is an easy way to access several networked PCs directories/files from one PC with R ? Concerned OS is windows. I can for instance use dir

Re: [R] re cognizing patterns

2008-02-12 Thread mel
Paul Artes a écrit : DeaRs, i'm looking for some references on a statement as follows: Humans are good at spotting trends and patterns in data, but they are also good at spotting those patterns where none really exist. This is not verbatim but there must be some scholarly work on this. I

Re: [R] Saving a big table or matrix

2008-02-02 Thread mel
Atte Tenkanen a écrit : Dear R-users, How do you save a big table or matrix I use write.table() to save and read.table() to read __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide

Re: [R] How to read Directory

2008-01-27 Thread mel
?dir __ 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.

Re: [R] data frame to matrix

2008-01-22 Thread mel
My Coyne a écrit : I have a data frame and would like to convert it into a matrix, how do I do that? either use the df for the initialisation values mat = matrix(df, ...) or as.matrix() could do the trick. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list

Re: [R] How to interrupt a loop by pressing a key?

2008-01-16 Thread mel
Bruno Jesus a écrit : Does anyone know a way of interrupting a loop by pressing a key (besides ctrl-c)? No hit key solution sorry, but may help : if (file.exists('zefile')) stop() allows to stop given zefile is created __ R-help@r-project.org

Re: [R] Pause on graphics

2008-01-16 Thread mel
Vu Nguyen a écrit : My R script needs to pause or wait for a key or mouse on each graph. I used the following statement after each plot par(ask=TRUE) This works on Windows but not on MacOS. Is there any way to pause on graph in MacOS? Thanks, Vu scan() should work

[R] close connection, closeAllConnections()

2008-01-09 Thread mel
close connection, closeAllConnections() Hello, For windows2000 and windowsXP, R.2.6.1 I have a little problem with the following lines socketConnection('127.0.0.1', port=7496, server=F, blocking=F, open='wb', encoding=''); description class mode text

[R] know java version

2007-10-05 Thread mel
Dear list, My R program has to deal with a 3rd party java program. I would like to know, automatically, which version of java is used when both programs are speaking together. Does anybody have an idea how to obtain such info from R ? Thanks Vincent __

Re: [R] know java version

2007-10-05 Thread mel
Bio7 a écrit : If you use the java version fom the classpath you can type inside R: system(java -version) or type java -version in the shell or console. This works for my config : R.2.5.1. under windowsXP. (apologies for forgetting precising it). Many thanks for your answer. Vincent

Re: [R] Separate colour for comments in scripts

2007-09-24 Thread mel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Is it possible to assign a separate colour for comments written with #, http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ I find it very practical. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do

Re: [R] starting with a capital letter

2007-09-15 Thread mel
kevinchang a écrit : I am wondering if there is any built-in funcion that can determine whether words in a character vector start with a captial letter or not. Help, please. Thanks. DIY with tolower(). apply tolower() on 1st letter and compare. __

Re: [R] Storing Variables of different types

2007-09-15 Thread mel
Garavito,Fabian a écrit : Hi there, I have an ixjxk array where I want to store dates in the first column of all sub-matrices (i.e. j=1 is a column with dates) and real numbers in the rest of the columns...I have been trying many things, but I am not getting anywhere. Thank you very

Re: [R] Print to file

2007-09-14 Thread mel
Alessandra Marmo a écrit : Hello list I'M new I need help about print to file How i can Print more table in a file (in append) using xtable and print functions? ?write.table __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list