Re: [R] replace() error: new columns would leave holes after existing columns

2008-10-31 Thread Kellie Wills
Hi Kirsten, The second argument of replace() is actually an index, so it's trying to replace element number 2004-5-14 = 1985 with 134! See ?replace. I would need more of your code to understand your error exactly. I think you would be better off converting your dates to date format (?Date) and

[R] replace() error: new columns would leave holes after existing columns

2008-10-31 Thread Kirsten M Barrett
Hello, I have a problem with using replace() to convert a vector of dates from -mm-dd to julian date. For example, I type replace(x,2004-05-14,134) and I receive an error: Error in `[<-.data.frame`(`*tmp*`, list, value = 134) : new columns would leave holes after existi