BTW - no one else who has replied to this topic was snobby or unfriendly and I thank you very much for trying to help me.
It's just Bert is not the first to respond to my request for help as such. As someone looking forward to becoming an advanced R programmer in my statistical work it is discouraging to be castigated FOR ASKING FOR HELP. Thank you, all. Best, Jen ______________________________________________ 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.