Rich, You’ve probably reported the error to the wrong group.
A quick search suggests this is not an R issue, but an RStudio issue. The error message is unique enough. Google returns this as the first link: https://support.rstudio.com/hc/communities/public/questions/200807456-Error-when-plotting-graphics-on-Mac-OSX-Mavericks Peter > On Mar 29, 2015, at 9:21 PM, Richard M. Heiberger <r...@temple.edu> wrote: > > This looks like a specific Macintosh error that appears at random intervals. > I get it at random, and unreproducible times. I reported it (or > perhaps a close relative) > to the r-sig-mac list in September 2014. > > Rich > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> wrote: >> On 30/03/15 11:52, Ian Lester wrote: >>> >>> I’m a novice and this message looks like it shouldn’t be ignored. Someone >>> who knows what they’re doing should probably take a look. >>> Thanks >>> Ian Lester >>> >>>> logfat.lm<-(lm(body.fat~log(BMI))) >>>> plot(logfat) >>> >>> Error in plot(logfat) : object 'logfat' not found >>>> >>>> plot(logfat.lm) >>> >>> Hit <Return> to see next plot: >>> Hit <Return> to see next plot: >>> Hit <Return> to see next plot: >>> Mar 29 18:10:18 iansimac.gateway rsession[69550] <Error>: Error: this >>> application, or a library it uses, has passed an invalid numeric >>> value (NaN, or not-a-number) to CoreGraphics API. This is a serious >>> error and contributes to an overall degradation of system stability >>> and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. >>> It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update. >> >> >> Please make your examples *reproducible* as the posting guide requests. >> >> I *presume* that your data are the "fat" data from the "UsingR" package, >> which you did not mention. >> >> After installing and loading "UsingR" I did >> >>> logfat.lm <- lm(body.fat~log(BMI),data=fat) >>> plot(logfat.lm) >> >> and got a sequence of plots, with no error thrown. It would appear that >> whatever is causing the error that you saw is peculiar to your system. >> >> cheers, >> >> Rolf Turner >> >> -- >> Rolf Turner >> Technical Editor ANZJS >> Department of Statistics >> University of Auckland >> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 >> Home phone: +64-9-480-4619 >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.