Re: [R] Arguments become nonnumeric

2007-12-09 Thread jim holtman
Several different ways. You can look in the Intro to R to learn more: > my.list <- list(a=matrix(1:9,3), b=1:4, c="this is a string", d=list(1,2,3)) > my.list $a [,1] [,2] [,3] [1,]147 [2,]258 [3,]369 $b [1] 1 2 3 4 $c [1] "this is a string" $d $d[[1]

Re: [R] Arguments become nonnumeric

2007-12-09 Thread Mag. Ferri Leberl
Thank you, this seems promissing. How can I address then a certain element e.g. to add the second and the third component? Faithfully, Mag. Ferri Leberl Am Sonntag, den 09.12.2007, 07:11 -0800 schrieb jim holtman: > You program contains: > > de.dd<-c("Dresden",51,2,13,44) > > and since you are

Re: [R] Arguments become nonnumeric

2007-12-09 Thread jim holtman
Meant to say coerced to "character". See "?c" On Dec 9, 2007 6:14 AM, Mag. Ferri Leberl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Everybody, > Enclosed are the tiny beginning of a program and its output. > As a pity, if I load the image the elements of > are non numerical; returns de.dd[2] + de.dd[3]

Re: [R] Arguments become nonnumeric

2007-12-09 Thread jim holtman
You program contains: de.dd<-c("Dresden",51,2,13,44) and since you are mixing characters with numerics and putting them into a single vector, the data is coerced to a common data type, which in this case is numeric. What are you trying to do? Do you want to use a list? > de.dd [1] "Dresden" "5

[R] Arguments become nonnumeric

2007-12-09 Thread Mag. Ferri Leberl
Dear Everybody, Enclosed are the tiny beginning of a program and its output. As a pity, if I load the image the elements of are non numerical; returns . How can I keep the numbers numerical? Thank you in advance. hopefully, Mag. Ferri Leberl #Programm zur Erstellung eines Wasserwegenetzplanes #