[R] Creating xts objects from csv file

[Joshua Ulrich]

Your example works for me. Can you provide a sample of the CSV you're
trying to read, and the commands you use to read it?  The output of
sessionInfo() might also be helpful.


On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 3:42 PM Jeff Reichman <reichmanj using sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> Starting to work with xts objects but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong
> when converting *.csv file with a dtg variable to a *.xts object. When I'm
> converting to an appropriate time object all I get are NA, so that's my
> first issue.
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> dtg <- c("1/5/2010 2:30", "1/5/2010 10:32", "1/5/2010 12:03")
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> seq <- c(1,2,3)
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> dat <- data.frame(dtg, seq)
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> dat$dtg <- as.POSIXlt(dat$dtg, format = "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M")
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> dat.xts <- xts(x = dat[,-1], order.by = dat[,1])
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> head(dat.xts)
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> Sincerely
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> Jeff Reichman
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