[R] Help with unexpected symbol errors

[jim holtman]

We would need to at least see 10 lines either side of the error to
understand its context.  Also take a look with you editor (hex editor
would be handy) to see if there is some unprintable character around
it.  Can you isolate just that portion of the code?  Try putting it
inside a function to see if it will at least be read in without a
syntax error.  This is where you start learning to debug your program
by executing pieces at a time, or in your case, at least "compiling"
the section of code by trying to source it in with a function to see
what happens.  You might have an unbalanced quote in your script.

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Amit Patel <amitrhelp at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have got a long script which will not run for me as i keep getting errors :
>
>> source("clusterfixV1_4.r")
> Error in source("clusterfixV1_4.r") :
> clusterfixV1_4.r: unexpected symbol at
> 158: eck[k,2] <- as.numeric(1)
> 159:                   #ClusterInfo[k,2] <- "Clustered
>
> I have sorted all the ones i can but i am having a problem here
> Can anyone tell me the cause of these problems. Its not a very short or
> straightforward script so i dont expect you to go through the whole thing but it
> would be great if you can give me an indication as to what I may be doing wrong.
> I havent attached the data that the script uses because I'm pretty sure the
> principles i have used are right
> when running the script i get the above error on line 158 and 159
> I am more than happy to provide further information(e.g the dataset) if it helps
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Amit Patel
>
>
>
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