Hi I tried but
> describe(c(5,3,76,4/0)) Error: could not find function "describe" > What shall I do? Quick search did not find function on CRAN and I do not have enough time to dig it from somewhere. Regards Petr r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 21.09.2009 12:06:09: > Hi, > > I have to follow up my own question since this problem is getting quite > disturbing and I fear that it also causes other functions to malfunction > without notice. > > It occurs quite quite often when I manipulate the mentioned data set. It > definitely is caused by the column entries which are Inf (caused by a value/0 > operation) but I cannot reproduce the error. When I do a describe(c(5,3,76,4/ > 0)), for example, the last value is Inf but the error is not thrown. > > But I can save the vector and load it and the error still occurs. Would > someone be willing to look at that vector and maybe finds out the root of the > problem? (I'll send the vector by email) > > As I said in the earlier email, the data is imported with read.dta of the > foreign library and the only manipulation I do is dividing the values of two > columns by each other. > > Thanks a million, > Werner > > > > > > I have a weird problem with my data but I cannot really > > locate it and cannot make a small example data set do > > reproduce the problem. > > I basically divide one numerical column of a data frame > > with another. When I run describe() on that column, I get > > "Error in vector("integer", length) : vector size cannot be > > NA/NaN" > > > > The two original columns comprise many zero values and I > > think the particular row which causes the problem ends up > > with an "Inf". > > > > I fear that other functions might also not be reliable for > > this data and that I have to repair it somehow. It actually > > happens with many of the variables from the various tables > > which originally are in Stata .dta format and which I import > > with the foreign library. > > > > I am working on windows XP and R 2.9.1 > > > > I assume that this description is too vague but if anybody > > has an idea, I would appreciate it. > > > > Thanks so much, > > Werner > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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.