I think this is a bug in the current version of ca() in package ca. I am copying the package maintainer with this example:
# Reproducible example from manual page for ca(): > library(ca) > data("author") > author.ca <- ca(author) # No problem > author.ca <- ca(author, nd=3) Error in dimnames(phi) <- list(rn, dims) : length of 'dimnames' [2] not equal to array extent > library(MASS) > author.ca <- corresp(author, nf=3) # No problem So the MASS version of correspondence analysis, corresp(), is able to extract three dimensions (actually up to 11) from "author". I am certain I have used ca() in the past and extracted more than two dimensions from similar tables. ------------------------------------- David L Carlson Department of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77840-4352 -----Original Message----- From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Jim Lemon Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 7:31 PM Cc: r-help mailing list Subject: Re: [R] Error in dimnames(phi) <- list(rn, dims) : length of 'dimnames' [2] not equal to array extent Hi Yonas, If this is the "ca" function from the package of the same name, it looks to me as though your data set is only two dimensions and you are requesting 3 dimensions in the output. Have you tried calling ca with the default nd=NA? Jim On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > You desperately need to study [1] and the Posting Guide mentioned at the > bottom of this and every other message on this list. > > [1] > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > On May 17, 2015 7:31:08 AM PDT, Yonas Yohannes <yo...@wku.edu.et> wrote: >>Dears, >>I have presence and absence data set (8 rows and 33 columns) and when I >>want to get out of the default two dimensions command using >>summary(ca(mydata, >>nd=3)) the following error message displyed: >> >>Error in dimnames(phi) <- list(rn, dims) : >> length of 'dimnames' [2] not equal to array extent >> >>Please help! So many thanks in advance! >>Kindly, >>* <mail%3ayo...@wku.edu.et>* >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >>______________________________________________ >>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. ______________________________________________ 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.