Does anyone know why it is giving me this error? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks, Nat myfile<-("c:/test2.txt") mysubset<-myfile mysubset$Y_Q02 <-mysubset$DVSELF <-NULL mysubset2<-mysubset mysubset2$Y_Q10B <-mysubset2$GP2_07 <-NULL myVariableNames<-c("PUMFID=rnorm(10)","PROV=rnorm(10)","REGION=rnorm(10)","GRADE=rnorm(10)","Y_Q10A=rnorm(10)","WTPP=rnorm(10)") > df<-mysubset2[, 2:5] * mysubset2[, 6] myVariableWidths<-c(5,2,1,2,1,12.4) df<-read.fwf( file=myfile, width=myVariableWidths, col.names=myVariableNames, row.names="PUMFID", fill=TRUE, strip.white=TRUE) happyguys<-subset(df, PROV==48 & GRADE == 7 & Y_Q10A < 9) print(happyguys) where it is bolded, i'm getting the following error: Error in mysubset2[, 2:5] : incorrect number of dimensions __________________ __________________ Hi Dr. Kubovy, Here is my code so far: My question is: how do I then get a frequency count of Y_Q10A with the WTPP applied to it? myfile<-("c:/test2.txt") mysubset<-myfile mysubset$Y_Q02 <-mysubset$DVSELF <-NULL mysubset2<-mysubset mysubset2$Y_Q10B <-mysubset2$GP2_07 <-NULL myVariableNames<-c("PUMFID","PROV","REGION","GRADE","Y_Q10A","WTPP") myVariableWidths<-c(5,2,1,2,1,12.4) mysubset2<-read.fwf( file=myfile, width=myVariableWidths, col.names=myVariableNames, row.names="PUMFID", fill=TRUE, strip.white=TRUE) print(mysubset2) happyguys<-subset(mysubset2, PROV==48 & GRADE == 7 & Y_Q10A < 9) print(happyguys) df <- data.frame(PROV = rnorm(10), REGION = rnorm(10), GRADE = rnorm (10), Y_Q10A = rnorm(10), WTTP = rnorm(10)) df1 <- df[, 1:4] * df[, 5] Thanks, Nat __________________ df <- data.frame(PROV = rnorm(10), REGION = rnorm(10), GRADE = rnorm (10), Y_Q10A = rnorm(10), WTTP = rnorm(10)) df1 <- df[, 1:4] * df[, 5] The column you were worried about is not part of the data. You can get a vector of the record ids by rownames(df) On Apr 27, 2007, at 1:05 PM, Natalie O'Toole wrote: > I have the file below called happyguys. It is a subset of data. How > do I > apply the weight variable (WTPP) to this file? Can i just multiply > each > column (except the first column because it is a record id) by WTPP? > If the > answer is yes, how do I multiply one variable name by another? > > PROV REGION GRADE Y_Q10A WTPP > 83 48 4 7 2 342233324020 > 115 48 4 7 1 434413433040 > 185 48 4 7 1 432312433040 > 222 48 4 7 2 133112222030 > 242 48 4 7 1 421313332020 > 247 48 4 7 2 312134212030 <snip> _____________________________ Professor Michael Kubovy University of Virginia Department of Psychology USPS: P.O.Box 400400 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4400 Parcels: Room 102 Gilmer Hall McCormick Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 Office: B011 +1-434-982-4729 Lab: B019 +1-434-982-4751 Fax: +1-434-982-4766 WWW: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mk9y/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact the sender immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact the sender immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact the sender immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.