[R] weird "vector size cannot be NA/NaN" problem

[johannes rara]

This is probably a describe function from Hmisc-package.

2009/9/21 Petr PIKAL <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>:
> Hi
>
> I tried but
>
>> describe(c(5,3,76,4/0))
> Error: could not find function "describe"
>>
>
> What shall I do? Quick search did not find function on CRAN and I do not
> have enough time to dig it from somewhere.
>
> Regards
> Petr
>
>
> r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 21.09.2009 12:06:09:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have to follow up my own question since this problem is getting quite
>> disturbing and I fear that it also causes other functions to malfunction
>
>> without notice.
>>
>> It occurs quite quite often when I manipulate the mentioned data set. It
>
>> definitely is caused by the column entries which are Inf (caused by a
> value/0
>> operation) but I cannot reproduce the error. When I do a
> describe(c(5,3,76,4/
>> 0)), for example, the last value is Inf but the error is not thrown.
>>
>> But I can save the vector and load it and the error still occurs. Would
>> someone be willing to look at that vector and maybe finds out the root
> of the
>> problem? (I'll send the vector by email)
>>
>> As I said in the earlier email, the data is imported with read.dta of
> the
>> foreign library and the only manipulation I do is dividing the values of
> two
>> columns by each other.
>>
>> Thanks a million,
>>   Werner
>>
>>
>> >
>> > I have a weird problem with my data but I cannot really
>> > locate it and cannot make a small example data set do
>> > reproduce the problem.
>> > I basically divide one numerical column of a data frame
>> > with another. When I run describe() on that column, I get
>> > "Error in vector("integer", length) : vector size cannot be
>> > NA/NaN"
>> >
>> > The two original columns comprise many zero values and I
>> > think the particular row which causes the problem ends up
>> > with an "Inf".
>> >
>> > I fear that other functions might also not be reliable for
>> > this data and that I have to repair it somehow. It actually
>> > happens with many of the variables from the various tables
>> > which originally are in Stata .dta format and which I import
>> > with the foreign library.
>> >
>> > I am working on windows XP and R 2.9.1
>> >
>> > I assume that this description is too vague but if anybody
>> > has an idea, I would appreciate it.
>> >
>> > Thanks so much,
>> >   Werner
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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