RSiteSearch("creating datasets", restrict="doc") gives me R-exts.html as the first hit...
I did pretty much the same thing you did and had no problem. In the data/ directory of the source package I only have the one .rda file and nothing else. Did you try installing the package and test it before you run check? Andy > From: Jim Lemon > > Hi folks, > > Having lost count of the times I have read the relevant section in > R-exts.html (and by the way, where has that useful file gone? > I had to > look at it on CRAN.), searched for "creating datasets" (this is the > first time that Jon Baron's excellent search site has let me > down) and > read the idiot's guide for creating packages, I am willing to > admit that > I have failed the test. > > First: > Linux (Fedora Core 2) > R-2.1.0 > > I am attempting to integrate three functions that have been kindly > donated to the plotrix package by Sander Oom dealing with > plotting soil > texture. Everything works okay, but I want to add a dataset to the > package. R-exts says that three types of data files are okay: > > R code, rectangular tables (e.g. CSV) or files created by save (.rda) > > I note that all the "real" packages (oops, bundles) like MASS > have three > files in their data directory that look like an index of the > datasets, > the datasets themselves and something I haven't worked out yet. I > haven't found a description of how to do that trick. > > Thus I created the dataset by reading a CSV data file into a > data frame > > oksoil<-read.table("oksoil.csv",sep=",") > > That data frame works fine in all the functions. Then I saved it: > > save(oksoil,file="/home/jim/R/plotrix/data/oksoil.rda") > > But when I check the package, the examples don't work: > > R CMD check /home/jim/R/plotrix > ... > > data(oksoil) > Warning in data(oksoil) : data set 'oksoil' not found > > # first just show the soil triangle > > soil.texture() > > # now plot the observations > > show.soil.texture(oksoil) > Error in show.soil.texture(oksoil) : Object "oksoil" not found > Execution halted > > I promise to try writing an "Idiot's Guide to Creating Datasets" if > someone can provide a method. > > Jim > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html