You actually got it right. I didn't realize there was a difference between a data frame and matrix. What is the difference any way? Seems like all two dimensional arrays should be equivalent.
Kyle > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Kyle Ellrott wrote: > >> I'm getting started in R, and I'm trying to use one of the gradient >> boosting packages, mboost. I'm already installed the package with >> install.packages("mboost") and loaded it with library(mboost). >> My problem is that when I attempt to call glmboost, I get a message >> that " Error in glmboost() : no applicable method for "glmboost" ". >> Does anybody have an idea of what kind of problem this is >> indicative of? > > The wrong class of input object 'x'. The help page for glmboost is > written obscurely, but it seems to imply that it has methods for > 'formula' and 'matrix'. > > Perhaps you passed a data frame? > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- >> guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > is pertinent. With an example and its output we would have been > much better placed to help you. > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ 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.