Unless I have missed something somewhere, the object is named "graph" not "RData" . Further, the call to by() is complete nonsense, with arguments misspecified -- there is no "names.arg" argument to by() (the 2nd argument is named "INDICES")
It appears that some people need to spend some time with R tutorials before further posting (or replying) on this list. Cheers, Bert graph<- read.csv("RData.csv", header = TRUE) On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 7:08 AM, Kristina Wolf <kmw...@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > I don't know why that doesn't work, but try adding in > sep="," > In your read.csv() > > That shouldn't matter as to whether or not it recognizes your object > though, but it will matter in how your object is read. > > Other simple things might be to make sure the file is saved and then close > it out to make sure there is no open dialog box preventing the save from > occurring. Then run the read.csv again and see if the object shows up in R. > > > > ~ Kristina > > Kristina Wolf > PhD Candidate, Graduate Group in Ecology > M.S. Soil Science, B.S. Animal Science > KristinaMWolf.com > Restoration Ecology Lab > Department of Plant Sciences > University of California, Davis > (530) 750-9771 > > > On May 28, 2015, at 6:13 AM, Shivi82 <shivibha...@ymail.com> wrote: > > > > HI David, > > > > So if I understand from your post below, when we import a file in R- we > need > > to make sure that the variable names do not have any space nor they > should > > be in special characters or not in comma format. > > Please correct me I am wrong. > > > > Now I have changed the file to a new file as RData.csv file and now when > I > > use the below code it gives me an error > > graph<- read.csv("RData.csv", header = TRUE) > > MonthlyWeight<-by(RData$Weight,names.arg = RData$Month,sum) > > > > The error is : Error in by(RData$Weight, names.arg = RData$Month, sum) : > > object 'RData' not found. Whereas I checked using "getwd()" this file is > > saved in the working directory. > > Please suggest. > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Help-on-Histogram-Barplot-tp4707739p4707839.html > > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.