[R] How to identify data structure?

2012-01-21 Thread Ajay Askoolum
data(AirPassengers) brings AirPassengers into the workspace. How can I  idenfity what the structure of AirPassengers is? Is it a data.frame, a table etc. etc. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list

Re: [R] How to identify data structure?

2012-01-21 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 21.01.2012 19:12, Ajay Askoolum wrote: data(AirPassengers) brings AirPassengers into the workspace. How can I idenfity what the structure of AirPassengers is? Is it a data.frame, a table etc. etc. 1. read the help page! ?AirPassengers 2. Look at the structure by str(AirPassengers)

Re: [R] How to identify data structure?

2012-01-21 Thread Sarah Goslee
str() is the most informative; class() may also be helpful. data(AirPassengers) class(AirPassengers) [1] ts str(AirPassengers) Time-Series [1:144] from 1949 to 1961: 112 118 132 129 121 135 148 148 136 119 ... For cases like this, with data included in R and documented, ?AirPassengers is

Re: [R] How to identify data structure?

2012-01-21 Thread Ajay Askoolum
Thank you. class(AirPassengers) is what I was looking for i.e. a generic way of identification. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting