... but Rfast is *not* a "standard" package, as the rest of the PG excerpt says. So contact the maintainer and ask him/her what they think the best practice should be for their package. As has been pointed out already, it appears to differ from the usual "read it in as a data frame" procedure.
Bert On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:11 PM Stephen H. Dawson, DSL <serv...@shdawson.com> wrote: > > Right, R Studio is not R. > > However, the Rfast package is part of R. > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rfast/index.html > > So, rephrasing my question... > What is the best practice to bring a csv file into R so it can be > accessed by colMaxs and colMins, please? > > *Stephen Dawson, DSL* > /Executive Strategy Consultant/ > Business & Technology > +1 (865) 804-3454 > http://www.shdawson.com <http://www.shdawson.com> > > > On 11/30/21 3:19 PM, Bert Gunter wrote: > > RStudio is **not** R. In particular, the so-called TidyVerse consists > > of all *non*-standard contributed packages, about which the PG says: > > > > "For questions about functions in standard packages distributed with R > > (see the FAQ Add-on packages in R), ask questions on R-help. > > [The link is: > > https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Add-on-packages-in-R > > This gives the list of current _standard_ packages] > > > > If the question relates to a contributed package , e.g., one > > downloaded from CRAN, try contacting the package maintainer first. You > > can also use find("functionname") and > > packageDescription("packagename") to find this information. Only send > > such questions to R-help or R-devel if you get no reply or need > > further assistance. This applies to both requests for help and to bug > > reports." > > > > Note that RStudio maintains its own help resources at: > > https://community.rstudio.com/ > > This is where questions about the TidyVerse, ggplot, etc. should be posted. > > > > > > > > Bert Gunter > > > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along > > and sticking things into it." > > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:55 AM Stephen H. Dawson, DSL via R-help > > <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> I am working to understand the Rfast functions of colMins and colMaxs. I > >> worked through the example listed on page 54 of the PDF. > >> > >> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rfast/index.html > >> > >> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rfast/Rfast.pdf > >> > >> My data is in a CSV file. So, I bring it into R Studio using: > >> Data <- read.csv("./input/DataSet05.csv", header=T) > >> > >> However, I read the instructions listed on page 54 of the PDF saying I > >> need to bring data into R using a matrix. I think read.csv brings the > >> data in as a dataframe. I think colMins is failing because it is looking > >> for a matrix but finds a dataframe. > >> > >> > colMaxs(Data) > >> Error in colMaxs(Data) : > >> Not compatible with requested type: [type=list; target=double]. > >> > colMins(Data, na.rm = TRUE) > >> Error in colMins(Data, na.rm = TRUE) : > >> unused argument (na.rm = TRUE) > >> > colMins(Data, value = FALSE, parallel = FALSE) > >> Error in colMins(Data, value = FALSE, parallel = FALSE) : > >> Not compatible with requested type: [type=list; target=double]. > >> > >> QUESTION > >> What is the best practice to bring a csv file into R Studio so it can be > >> accessed by colMaxs and colMins, please? > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> -- > >> *Stephen Dawson, DSL* > >> /Executive Strategy Consultant/ > >> Business & Technology > >> +1 (865) 804-3454 > >> http://www.shdawson.com <http://www.shdawson.com> > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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.