Hi All, The for-loop below stopped when error("Cannot get confidence intervals on var-cov components: Non-positive definite approximate variance-covariance") occurred. I assigned a row of NA values to the data frame "m1" manually and reset "j" in the for-loop every time error returned. Im wondering if there is a function that can detect error or failure, so the for-loop WILL NOT stop and the NA values can be assigned automatically if specified condition met. This can solve my problem that I need to set the NA values manually and reset j in for-loop every time error returned. Doing this manually would be very tedious. m1<-matrix(ncol=3,nrow=0) for (j in 1:1000){
fit<-lme(Expression~1,random=~1|MonkeyID, data=mydata1,subset=Probes==as.character(Probes_Blood_sub[j,"probe"])) ci<-intervals(fit)$reStruct$MonkeyID^2 m1<-rbind(m1,ci)} Thanks,Sityee _________________________________________________________________ The im Talkathon starts 6/24/08. For now, give amongst yourselves. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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