[R] masked by GlobalEnv ???

[R. Michael Weylandt]

The right response is not to use attach().

What's going on is that you have objects by those names in your global
workspace and in the object you are attaching. Since .GlobalEnv is
always (?) first on the search path, you won't be able to see those
that you just added unless you remove the ones in .GlobalEnv (which
name lookup will find first) Whether this is something you need to do
something about is up to you -- it depends which ones you want to
access.

Still, I'll repeat -- the right answer is don't use attach().

Michael

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Jhope <jeanwaijang at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi R Listers,
>
> I am trying to upload a data file and I received this message. It seems that
> I am still able to make graphs and Aeventexhumed still works in the
> analysis. Can I ignore this message or do I need to do something about this?
>
> Jean
>
>> require(plyr)
> Loading required package: plyr
>> turtlehatch <- read.csv(file.choose())
>> attach(turtlehatch)
> The following object(s) are masked _by_ '.GlobalEnv':
>
>    Aeventexhumed, DeadHatch, ExDate, Hatchlings, MaxHatch, Oldeggs,
> Quadrat,
>    QuadratEvent, ST0, ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, Sector, Shells, TotalEggs
>
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