hmd.mx

3 messages · krmartina, MacQueen, Don

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krmartina

Thu, May 17, 2012 2:41 AM #

I have trouble using function hmd.mx
I have all packages required.
I call function:

slovenia <- hmd.mx("SVN", username, password, "Slovenia") :

and I get this error:
  NAs introduced by coercion

And if I then call slovenia, I get:

Mortality data for Slovenia
    Series: female male total
    Years: 1983 - 2009
    Ages:  0 - 110 

But I do not get any value (mortality, ...):

NULL

NULL

I tried also for two different countries and I got the same result.

Can please anybody help me with this problem?

Thank you very much.
Martina






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Thu, May 17, 2012 10:45 AM #

Type
  str(slovenia)
or perhaps
  names(slovenia)
to find out more about how the slovenia object is structured, and the
correct names of its elements.
Also 
  ?hmd.mx
(also see,for example,
http://help.pop.psu.edu/help-by-software-package/r-project/demography-in-r/
demography-package-for-r)

Also, since hmd.mx is not part of base R, please identify what package it
is from.

The error message typically comes from converting character to numeric
when some of the values are not numeric. Try, for example,
  as.numeric( c('1','2','A','4') )

-Don

Don MacQueen

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Ave., L-627
Livermore, CA 94550
925-423-1062





On 5/17/12 2:41 AM, "krmartina" <martina.kruecken at gmail.com> wrote:

>I have trouble using function hmd.mx
>I have all packages required.
>I call function:
>
>slovenia <- hmd.mx("SVN", username, password, "Slovenia") :
>
>and I get this error:
>  NAs introduced by coercion
>
>And if I then call slovenia, I get:
>
>> slovenia
>Mortality data for Slovenia
>    Series: female male total
>    Years: 1983 - 2009
>    Ages:  0 - 110
>
>But I do not get any value (mortality, ...):
>> slovenia$ages
>NULL
>> slovenia$years
>NULL
>
>I tried also for two different countries and I got the same result.
>
>Can please anybody help me with this problem?
>
>Thank you very much.
>Martina
>
>
>
>
>
>
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krmartina

Thu, May 17, 2012 11:59 AM #

I used str(slovenia) and saw I was using wrong names - instead of year I
tried years and the same with age.

For hmd.mx you need package RCurl.

Thank you very much for your help!

Martina

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