4 messages · Deepankar Basu, Thomas Lumley, Marcin Jaworski
Hi R users! I am new to R. When I try to attach a simple dataset using the attach() command, I get the following message:
attach(data1)
The following object(s) are masked from package:base :
write
Can someone tell me what this means? (`write' is the name of a variable in the dataset). And, do I need to do do something about this.
Thanks.
Hi R users! I am new to R. When I try to attach a simple dataset using the attach() command, I get the following message:
attach(data1)
The following object(s) are masked from package:base :
write
Can someone tell me what this means? (`write' is the name of a variable
in the dataset). And, do I need to do do something about this.
It means that 'write' is the name of a variable in the dataset. R is warning you that you have two things called 'write' -- your variable and a function in the base package. It also means that you have missed at least three upgrades of R (the fourth is just out) since in version 2.3.0 and more recent you don't get the warning when a variable and a function have the same name, only for two variables or two functions. There have been quite a lot of other changes since your version of R, so it would be worth upgrading. -thomas
It also means that you have missed at least three upgrades of R (the fourth is just out) since in version 2.3.0 and more recent you don't get the warning when a variable and a function have the same name, only for two variables or two functions. There have been quite a lot of other changes since your version of R, so it would be worth upgrading.
I just noticed I didn't say explicitly whether you need to do anything else about the warning. You don't. -thomas
Hi R users! I am new to R. When I try to attach a simple dataset using the attach() command, I get the following message:
attach(data1)
The following object(s) are masked from package:base :
write
Can someone tell me what this means? (`write' is the name of a variable
in the dataset). And, do I need to do do something about this.
Hi, I guess, you need not to do anything, unless you want to work with the variable 'write' from dataset you try to attach. But if you do want use it safely (?), one way is to rename the variable from your dataset, not to double the name from the package that is already attached (check out search() to know the pecking order ;) and use ?attach to interprete the help page for yourself). The package gdata make the renaming process easier for me. MJ