That instance of 's' is a function and you were offering it (multiplied by 5) as a data argument to the theta parameter of 'persp'. I can't intuit what your reasoning might have been because you haven't explained why you thought that would succeed.
-- David Sent from my iPhone On Aug 3, 2013, at 8:52 PM, marta Garcia <marta000gar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dennis, David, The code I'm running is from here: > > http://www.r-bloggers.com/nonparametric-copula-density-estimation/ > > s comes from here: > > > > s {mgcv} > > *Defining smooths in GAM formulae* > > *Package: * > > mgcv > > *Version: * > > 1.7-24 > > *Description* > > Function used in definition of smooth terms within > *gam*<http://inside-r.org/r-doc/mgcv/gam> model > formulae. The function does not evaluate a (spline) smooth - it exists > purely to help set up a model using spline based smooths. > > *Usage* > > s(..., k=-1,fx=FALSE,bs="tp",m=NA,by=NA,xt=NULL,id=NULL,sp=NULL) > > The mgcv package is installed and loaded > > > > > > > la function persp is in the package graphics persp {graphics} > > *perspective plots* > > *package: * > > graphics > > *version: * > > r 3.0.1 > try installing graphics and tells me it can not be installed in version > 3.0.1 of R > > > > > > > 2013/8/3 marta Garcia <marta000gar...@gmail.com> > >> The code I'm running is from here: >> >> http://www.r-bloggers.com/nonparametric-copula-density-estimation/ >> >> s comes from here: >> >> >> >> s {mgcv} >> >> *Defining smooths in GAM formulae* >> >> *Package: * >> >> mgcv >> >> *Version: * >> >> 1.7-24 >> >> *Description* >> >> Function used in definition of smooth terms within >> *gam*<http://inside-r.org/r-doc/mgcv/gam> model >> formulae. The function does not evaluate a (spline) smooth - it exists >> purely to help set up a model using spline based smooths. >> >> *Usage* >> >> s(..., k=-1,fx=FALSE,bs="tp",m=NA,by=NA,xt=NULL,id=NULL,sp=NULL) >> >> The mgcv package is installed and loaded >> >> >> >> >> >> >> la function persp is in the package graphics persp {graphics} >> >> *perspective plots* >> >> *package: * >> >> graphics >> >> *version: * >> >> r 3.0.1 >> try installing graphics and tells me it can not be installed in version >> 3.0.1 of R >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2013/8/3 David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> >> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Aug 3, 2013, at 8:27 AM, marta Garcia <marta000gar...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: marta Garcia <marta000gar...@gmail.com> >>>> Date: 2013/8/3 >>>> Subject: (nonparametric) Copula density estimation >>>> To: r-help@r-project.org >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello community, sorry for the English, I speak Spanish ... >>>> I try to run this code >>>> >>>> >>>> install.packages("MASS") >>>> >>>> library(MASS) >>>> install.packages ("evd") >>>> library(evd) >>>> >>>> >>>> X=lossalae >>>> U=cbind(rank(X[,1])/(nrow(X)+1),rank(X[,2])/(nrow(X)+1)) >>>> The standard tool to plot nonparametric estimators of densities is to >>> use >>>> multivariate kernels. We can look at the density using >>>> >>>> mat1=kde2d(U[,1],U[,2],n=35) >>>> install.packages("mgcv") >>>> library(mgcv) >>>> >>>> >>>> persp(mat1$x,mat1$y,mat1$z,col="green" >>>> , shade=TRUE,theta=s*5 >>>> , xlab="",ylab="",zlab="",zlim=c(0,7)) >>>> >>>> >>>> I get this error >>>> >>>> Error in s * 5 : non-numeric argument to binary operator >>>> >>>> Can anyone help? >>> The error message looks perfectly sensible: there is no numeric object >>> named 's'. >>> >>> -- >>> David >>>> >>>> I have R 3.0.1 >>>> windows 8 >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance >>>> >>>> [[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. > > [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.