please note that I edited the original message to say: > length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1))) [1] TRUE
chuck.01 wrote > > Hi, > The following lines of code are inside of a function, where "TRAIT1" is > a function variable calling a column-name inside of the data.frame "new3". > > This works just fine: > > m2 <- lmer(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score + (1|site), data=new3) > > but this will not work: > > m3 <- lme(get(TRAIT1) ~ perm.score , random= ~1|site, data=new3) > > I get the following error: > > Error in model.frame.default(formula = ~TRAIT1 + perm.score + site, data = > list( : > variable lengths differ (found for 'perm.score') > > it seems to be putting TRAIT1 on the left side of the equation, and if I > am wrong about that, the different lengths from the error is still not > true: > >> length(with(new3, perm.score))==length(with(new3, get(TRAIT1))) > [1] TRUE > > Any ideas on either what is going on, or how I can fix this? > > ** I'm not including example data, or function because I am hoping it is > not needed ** > Please let me know if I am wrong. > -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/problem-with-get-inside-of-lme-tp4629360p4629417.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.