[R] I think I just broke R

[Uwe Ligges]

On 03.04.2011 09:30, Alexander Engelhardt wrote:
> Am 03.04.2011 03:51, schrieb Daniel Malter:
>> Check whether x, y, or glm have been redefined. If not, restart R.
>
> I wouldn't call my function 'glm'. However, I did call one 'binomial'.
> That was my mistake. Thanks :)
>
> A few weeks ago I asked how to set my error messages to english, and
> Richard Heiberger told me to use 'Sys.setenv(LANG="EN")'.
>
> He used this example, which did work for me at first, but doesn't work
> now anymore:
>
>  > Sys.setenv(LANG="DE")
>  > 2+"a"
> Fehler in 2 + "a" : nicht-numerisches Argument für binären Operator
>  > Sys.setenv(LANG="EN")
>  > 2+"a"
> Fehler in 2 + "a" : nicht-numerisches Argument für binären Operator
>
> Does someone have any idea why that could be the case?


Use "LANGUAGE" rather than "LANG" as the environment variable.


> My sessionInfo() is here:
>
>  > sessionInfo()
> R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)

and time to upgrade R


Best,
Uwe Ligges



> i486-pc-linux-gnu
>
> locale:
> [1] LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [3] LC_TIME=de_DE.utf8 LC_COLLATE=de_DE.utf8
> [5] LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=de_DE.utf8
> [7] LC_PAPER=de_DE.utf8 LC_NAME=C
> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
>
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