[R] impossible # of errors in a simple code

[Bob Rudis]

pretty sure you just missed the `{` at the beginning of the `function`
definition block.

On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Michael Dewey <lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk>
wrote:

> A useful rule is to fix the first error you understand and hope that the
> others go away.
>
> On 04/09/2016 04:05, Tamar Michaeli wrote:
>
>> Any help in resolving the following errors will be appreciated:
>>
>> pollutantmean <- function(directory, pollutant, id=1:332)
>>>
>> + file_inc <- list.files("specdata", full.names=TRUE)
>>
>
> So what did you hope your function was going to do, if you called it?
>
> dat <- data.frame()
>>> for(i in 1:10) {
>>>
>> + dat <- rbind(dat, read.csv(file_inc[i]))
>> + }
>> Error in read.table(file = file, header = header, sep = sep, quote =
>> quote,
>>  :
>>   object 'file_inc' not found
>>
>
> Why did you think at this point that you had an object called file_inc?
>
> sulfate <- subset(dat( , 2))
>>>
>> Error in subset(dat(, 2)) : could not find function "dat"
>>
>
> So you did not manage anywhere to define a function called dat.
>
> nitrate <- subset(dat( , 3))
>>>
>> Error in subset(dat(, 3)) : could not find function "dat"
>>
>>> mean(pollutant)
>>>
>> Error in mean(pollutant) : object 'pollutant' not found
>>
>
> You have never defined it.
>
> save"pollutantmean.R"
>>>
>> Error: unexpected string constant in "        save"pollutantmean.R""
>>
>
> ?save might help you here.
>
>
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