On Sep 10, 2011, at 16:33 , Adam Moore wrote: > My statistics teacher wrote a textbook and included .rdata files for the > problem set data. I downloaded these and opened one of them up. Then I used > the ls() command, and it gave me this: > >> ls() > [1] "ex02-12" > > However, when i try to use the object, it interprets it as ex02 - 12, and I > get the following error: > >> ex02-12 > Error: object 'ex02' not found > > I don't know why my teacher has named everything this way, but she has. How > do I access the object?
Use backticks, that's what they are for: `ex02-12`. Or get("ex02-12"). Possibly save it under a new name to preserve your sanity. > > Thanks, > > Adam Moore > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org 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. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com "Døden skal tape!" --- Nordahl Grieg ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.