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init.data function error

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Heather True
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We had been using R1.2.3 "print tip lowess function" as described by 
Terry Speed's group to normalize microarray data and up until this week 
the commands we were using were working fine.
First, we load our data using arrayname<-read.table("filename", 
header=T)
and then check that the table is OK.
We format the data list using setup1<-init.data() and usually get a 
series of questions to answer about the array design, using setup2<-
init.grid() and then normalize it.
Now when we type in setup1<-init.data() we get: "error: couldn't find 
function!"
HELP!!??
Please reply to true at wi.mit.edu if you have any ideas or answers.
Thanks,
Heather

Heather L. True-Krob, Ph.D
Whitehead Institute
9 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
ph: 617-258-6517

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2 days later
Martin Maechler
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Heather> We had been using R1.2.3 "print tip lowess
    Heather> function" as described by Terry Speed's group to
    Heather> normalize microarray data and up until this week
    Heather> the commands we were using were working fine.
    Heather> First, we load our data using
    Heather> arrayname<-read.table("filename", header=T) and
    Heather> then check that the table is OK.  We format the
    Heather> data list using setup1<-init.data() and usually get
    Heather> a series of questions to answer about the array
    Heather> design, using setup2<- init.grid() and then
    Heather> normalize it.  Now when we type in
    Heather> setup1<-init.data() we get: "error: couldn't find
    Heather> function!"  HELP!!??  Please reply to
    Heather> true at wi.mit.edu if you have any ideas or answers.

init.data() has never been part of R,
be it a version as old as 1.2.3 or a newer one like the current 1.6.1

Try to find out from which extra package / source file you got
init.data().

    Heather> Heather L. True-Krob, Ph.D Whitehead Institute 9
    Heather> Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 ph:
    Heather> 617-258-6517

Regards,

Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>	http://stat.ethz.ch/~maechler/
Seminar fuer Statistik, ETH-Zentrum  LEO C16	Leonhardstr. 27
ETH (Federal Inst. Technology)	8092 Zurich	SWITZERLAND
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