[R] Error not found - for file retrieval with head()

[jim holtman]

Couple of things:

1. 'head' it to look at objects, not files
2. you specified 'turtlehatch.csv' without quotes which told R to look
for an object by that name
3. you probably want to use 'file.show'

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Jhope <jeanwaijang at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi R-listers,
>
> I am in plyr and using the script below and when I try to pull up the .csv
> file with head() it does not show up. I am not sure where I am going wrong.
> I have also checked the file box for turtlehatch.csv and it still does not
> show up when I head(turtlehatch.csv). Am I missing a command?
>
> Please advise, Jean
>
>
>
>> devel.index <- function(values, weights=c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)) {
> +   foo <- values*weights
> +   return(apply(foo, 1, sum) / apply(values, 1, sum))
> + }
>> data.to.analyze$DevelopIndex <-
>> devel.index(data.to.analyze[,c("ST0","ST1", "ST2", "ST3", "ST4",
>> "MaxHatch")])
>> write.csv(data.to.analyze, "turtlehatch.csv", row.names=FALSE)
>> head(turtlehatch.csv)
> Error in head(turtlehatch.csv) : object 'turtlehatch.csv' not found
>
>
>
>
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