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kernlab sigest

2 messages · bjoern h menze, Achim Zeileis

bjoern h menze
# 
hello,

I have the following problem setting parameter 'frac' in the sigest
function of the kernlab package.

## executing the ?sigest example:
library(kernlab)
data(spam)
srange <- sigest(type~.,data = spam)

## works fine...

## setting 'frac' explicitly
## (in this case even to the default of .25)
options(error=recover)
srange <- sigest(type~.,data = spam, frac = .25)

## fails..

Error in model.frame(formula, rownames, variables, varnames, extras,
extranames,  :
        variable lengths differ

Enter a frame number, or 0 to exit
1:sigest(type ~ ., data = spam, frac = 0.25)
2:sigest(type ~ ., data = spam, frac = 0.25)
3:.local(x, ...)
4:eval(m, parent.frame())
5:eval(expr, envir, enclos)
6:model.frame(data = ..1, frac = 0.25, formula = x)
7:model.frame

any ideas?

thank you,
Bjoern


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Achim Zeileis
# 
Bjoern,

thanks for your mail. But when reporting problems with a contributed
package, please contact the maintainer first or at least Cc him when
writing to R-help.

The problem below is in the formula method of sigest because the frac
argument gets passed on to model.frame which causes the error. I'll
commit a fix, but you can do it also easily locally if you add the 
second line of
  m$scaled <- NULL
  m$frac <- NULL
in the formula method of sigest.

Best,
Z
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:39:23 +0100 (CET) bjoern h menze wrote: