[R] longer object length is not a multiple of shorter object length

[David Winsemius]

On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Stephen Liu wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----
>
> From: David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net>
> To: Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com>
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 11:03:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [R] longer object length is not a multiple of shorter  
> object length
>
> - snip -
>
>>> v <- 2*x + y + 1
>>> Warning message:
>>> In 2 * x + y :
>>> longer object length is not a multiple of shorter object length
>>>
>>> What does it mean?  How to rectify it?

You were not supposed to rectify it. That example was designed to show  
you what happens in R when two vectors (actually three) are offered to  
the Arithmetic operators. Read the material that is above and below  
that expression again.


>>> Please help.  TIA
>
>> What does this return:
>
>> c(length(x), length(y))  # ?
>
> c(length(x), length(y))
> [1]  5 11
>
>
> B.R.
> Stephen L
>
>

David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT