Duncan, Thank you for your help. I am pleased to say your 'very wild guess' was exactly correct. Can't believe I missed it!
Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duncan Temple Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Carl Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:31 AM Subject: Re: [R] Error Message - Error: symbol print-name too long > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > You aren't giving us much to go on, so I can only > make a very wild guess. Check that your file > doesn't have a stray ` character in it. > R will start reading from that point on and try > to make this an internal symbol. If it doesn't > find the closing ` for too many characters, > it gives the error message you see. > > I have seen this once before and that is what the cause > was - a stray ` put in by hitting the ` key rather than Esc. > > > > Carl Anderson wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I write to ask for information regarding the error message: >> >> Error: symbol print-name too long. >> >> I am afraid that I can't include any code to help with any further >> diagnosis >> of the problem as the code is far too long to be of any use, and I have >> not >> been able to re-create the problem in shorter example codes. >> >> I have searched the R manual and help pages and found no mention of this >> error message. >> >> All help appreciated, >> >> Carl A Anderson. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 > > - -- > Duncan Temple Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Department of Statistics work: (530) 752-4782 > 371 Kerr Hall fax: (530) 752-7099 > One Shields Ave. > University of California at Davis > Davis, CA 95616, USA > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDOAYs9p/Jzwa2QP4RAhtAAJ97sqWdUTOPjtZ2RMJR0qcfyjIAZgCfZLF1 > IXTk0bY5RQUD2e+8VlzLpw4= > =+pim > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ______________________________________________ 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