Re: [R] Subset() within function: logical error

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Rolf Turner wrote: If you want a pointer to the correct syntax for subset(), try help("subset")!!! The syntax of your "extstream" function is totally screwed up, convoluted and over-complicated. Note that even if you had your "subset" argument specified correctly, the re

Re: [R] Subset() within function: logical error

2015-06-29 Thread Rolf Turner
If you want a pointer to the correct syntax for subset(), try help("subset")!!! The syntax of your "extstream" function is totally screwed up, convoluted and over-complicated. Note that even if you had your "subset" argument specified correctly, the return() call will give you only the resu

Re: [R] Subset() within function: logical error

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, David Winsemius wrote: No. A pointer to the correct use of "[" is needed. Thanks, David. This puts me on the the right path. Much appreciated, Rich __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https:/

Re: [R] Subset() within function: logical error

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Steve Taylor wrote: Using return() within a for loop makes no sense: only the first one will be returned. Steve, Mea culpa. Didn't catch that. How about: alldf.B = subset(alldf, stream=='B') # etc... I used to do each stream manually, like the above, and want to

Re: [R] Subset() within function: logical error

2015-06-29 Thread David Winsemius
On Jun 29, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Moving from interactive use of R to scripts and functions and have bumped > into what I believe is a problem with variable names. Did not see a solution > in the two R programming books I have or from my Web searches. Inexperience > with ess-tra

Re: [R] Subset() within function: logical error

2015-06-29 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Well, your code is, ah, too incorrect to convey what you want out of this effort. If I were to guess based on your description, you want all of the data, not a subset. An example data frame containing what you hope to extract might be helpful. However, extracting subsets is rarely done for just

Re: [R] Subset() within function: logical error

2015-06-29 Thread Steve Taylor
Steve -Original Message- From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Rich Shepard Sent: Tuesday, 30 June 2015 12:04p To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Subset() within function: logical error Moving from interactive use of R to scripts and functions and have bumped i

[R] Subset() within function: logical error

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Shepard
Moving from interactive use of R to scripts and functions and have bumped into what I believe is a problem with variable names. Did not see a solution in the two R programming books I have or from my Web searches. Inexperience with ess-tracebug keeps me from refining my bug tracking. Here's a