[Rd] read.table: wrong error message? (PR#10592)

[david.reitter at gmail.com]

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On 21 Jan 2008, at 11:38, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>
> The first column of your file repeats 0 and 1, and your  
> specification asked for the first column to be taken as the row  
> names: from the help file
>
>     If 'row.names' is not specified and the header line has one less
>     entry than the number of columns, the first column is taken to be
>     the row names.

I understand now. Thanks for the explanation.

I would have figured it out myself had I paid attention to the fact  
that the error message reports "row names" rather than "column names",  
or had the error message actually contained the conflicting names  
(either "0" or "1") or the full set of read names.

--
David Reitter
ICCS/HCRC, Informatics, University of Edinburgh
http://www.david-reitter.com





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