> I converted the whole data frame to character by using
> as.matrix
You shouldn't need to do that.
> And then using a posting that explained how to get the naming conventions
> back (which had been lost when converting to matrix)
>
> Anything that I did not list with the id's it insisted in including them
> with the measured variables. In other words it would not let me drop.
>
> despite
>
> melted<-melt(BigDF, id=c("SAMPLE_ID","ASSAY_ID"),
> measured=c("GENOTYPE_ID","DESCRIPTION"))
That should be measure=c(...)
Hadley
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