[R] knittr: non-numeric argument to binary operator

[Mark Drummond]

Thanks all for the responses. As Murphy would have it, after posting
my query I found the problem. I had a function defined that did some
value mapping and I had a stray line of code in the function. Actually
a legitimate line of code that was just in the wrong place.

Cheers,
Mark


On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Jeff Newmiller
<jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> Not reproducible [1], so any response likely to be a guess. However, you likely have not put everything that is in your interactive environment into the knitr document, so you are not working with the same data in those two environments.
>
> [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example
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> On April 26, 2015 1:41:32 PM PDT, Mark Drummond <mark at markdrummond.ca> wrote:
>>knittr is giving me the above error. The code it is failing on is
>>multiplying two numeric features of a data frame. I can run the code
>>by hand and it works fine, but when I try to knit my document, knittr
>>chokes on the same line.
>>
>>When kitting:
>>
>>Quitting from lines 161-175 (RepData_PeerAssessment2.Rmd)
>>Error in storm_data$PROPDMG * storm_data$property_damage_cost_factor :
>>  non-numeric argument to binary operator
>>Calls: <Anonymous> ... handle -> withCallingHandlers -> withVisible ->
>>eval -> eval
>>Execution halted
>>
>>Running the same lines manually (CTRL+Enter) from the .Rmd file:
>>
>>> storm_data$total_damage <-
>>+ (storm_data$PROPDMG * storm_data$property_damage_cost_factor) +
>>+ (storm_data$CROPDMG * storm_data$crop_damage_cost_factor)
>>> str(storm_data$total_damage)
>> num [1:902297] 25 2.5 25 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 25 25 ...
>>>
>>
>>Call me baffled. Any pointers are greatly appreciated at this point.
>



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Cheers, Mark

Mark Drummond
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