Using readr to read the data might let you clean it on the way in... readr::read_csv("filename.csv", col_types = list(rep(col_numeric(),6))
On Mon, 25 Sep 2023, 16:54 Ebert,Timothy Aaron, <teb...@ufl.edu> wrote: > An update please: > Collectively we have suggested removing commas from the "E..coli" column, > checking for different forms of "NA", and looking outside the dataset for > e-trash (spaces, text, or other content). For removing commas, I would use > global replace to ensure that all commas were removed from all columns. > > > Did this solve the problem? > > If not can you share some early lines and end lines from the data, and how > R is reading your data? Something simple like head(KD6), tail(KD6), and > str(KD6). > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: R-help <r-help-boun...@r-project.org> On Behalf Of Michael Dewey > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 11:09 AM > To: avi.e.gr...@gmail.com; 'Parkhurst, David' <parkh...@indiana.edu>; > r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] How to fix this problem > > [External Email] > > It looks here as though the E coli column has commas in it so will be > treated as character. > > Michael > > On 25/09/2023 15:45, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote: > > David, > > > > This may just be the same as your earlier problem. When the type of a > column is guessed by looking at the early entries, any non-numeric entry > forces the entire column to be character. > > > > Suggestion: fix your original EXCEL FILE or edit your CSV to remove the > last entries that look just lie commas. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: R-help <r-help-boun...@r-project.org> On Behalf Of Parkhurst, > > David > > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2023 2:06 PM > > To: r-help@r-project.org > > Subject: [R] How to fix this problem > > > > I have a matrix, KD6, and I m trying to get a correlation matrix from > it. When I enter cor(KD6), I get the message Error in cor(KD6) : 'x' must > be numeric . > > Here are some early lines from KD6: > > Flow E..coli TN SRP TP TSS > > 1 38.8 2,420 1.65300 0.0270 0.0630 66.80 > > 2 133.0 2,420 1.39400 0.0670 0.1360 6.80 > > 3 86.2 10 1.73400 0.0700 0.1720 97.30 > > 4 4.8 5,390 0.40400 0.0060 0.0280 8.50 > > 5 0.3 2,490 0.45800 0.0050 0.0430 19.75 > > 6 0.0 186 0.51200 0.0040 0.0470 12.00 > > 7 11.1 9,835 1.25500 0.0660 0.1450 12.20 > > > > Why are these not numeric? > > There are some NAs later in the matrix, but I get this same error if I > ask for cor(KD6[1:39,]) to leave out the lines with NAs. Are they a > problem anyway? > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat/ > > .ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu > > %7Cab9f2511a43e4f0cc0f308dbbdd95e2f%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84 > > %7C0%7C0%7C638312513538190955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAw > > MDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sda > > ta=kbguZQ1HLECz6FFh%2FEZI5A1mI3GweE1q7WgUGLxpjOI%3D&reserved=0 > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > > http://www.r/ > > -project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=05%7C01%7Ctebert%40ufl.edu%7Cab > > 9f2511a43e4f0cc0f308dbbdd95e2f%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0% > > 7C0%7C638312513538190955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiL > > CJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=By > > 82TIbEPatOL9qRBoDbZ1tojvTd1%2B2Wo3UaBkIlt70%3D&reserved=0 > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > -- > Michael > > ______________________________________________ > 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.