Hi Jared: Is it possible you're using read.table with variable names in line 1 but not using header = TRUE as an argument?
HTH, Dennis On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Erik Iverson <er...@ccbr.umn.edu> wrote: > <snip> > > > >> I think I have identified the problem such that when I identify the >> structure of some of the files that I am reading in, columns are labeled >> as >> "Factors". In other files, the same columns are labeled as numeric >> values. Is there a way to assign the data structure to these columns in >> the >> dataframe as they are being read in? Any other suggestions to why I am >> getting this error is appreciated. >> >> > Yes, as ?read.table describes, see the colClasses argument. > > However, you should investigate why read.table wants to treat these > particular columns as factors. If they are indeed simply consisting of all > numeric values, there shouldn't be a problem. The fact that they are coming > out as factors raises a flag to me ... > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
