[R] Sweave recode(car) and Lyx, compiling but not executing on Mac

[John Fox]

Dear Graham,

I just tried a similar recode() command using Sweave on a Windows system
(not through LyX) and it worked fine.

I hope this helps,
 John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
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> Behalf Of Graham Smith
> Sent: June-12-09 10:27 AM
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Sweave recode(car) and Lyx, compiling but not executing on
Mac
> 
> I am just beginning to use Sweave with Lyx on a Mac (R2.8.1). I have
> 12 chunks of Sweave code that work fine, but this piece:
> 
> <<>>=
> library(car)
> cabbages$Year<-
>
recode(cabbages$Year,"'X2001'='2001';'X2002'='2002';'X2003'='2003';'X2004'='
2
>
004';'X2005'='2005';'X2006'='2006';'X2007'='2007';'X2008'='2008';'X2009'='20
0
> 9';'X2010'='2010';'X2011'='2011';'X2012'='2012'")
> @
> 
> just prints out verbatim as a single line running off the page (No
> recoding occurs). It worked in R before pasting into Lyx.
> 
> Initially I had the double quotes and single quotes the other way
> round, but this produced this in the complied pdf:
> > cabbages$Year <- recode(cabbages$Year,
> "\"X2001\"=\"2001\";\"X2002\"=\"2002\";\"X2003\"=\"2003\";\ etc
> 
> The first double quote in the printout shown above was a single quote
> before compiling.
> 
> I have asked on the Lyx forum for help, but maybe someone here can
> suggest what I might be doing wrong. Of course it could be a Mac/Lyx
> issue rather than an SWeave/R issue, but any help would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Graham
> 
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