[R] Question about Rfast colMins and colMaxs

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On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:55 AM Stephen H. Dawson, DSL via R-help
<r-help using r-project.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I am working to understand the Rfast functions of colMins and colMaxs. I
> worked through the example listed on page 54 of the PDF.
>
> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rfast/index.html
>
> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rfast/Rfast.pdf
>
> My data is in a CSV file. So, I bring it into R Studio using:
> Data <- read.csv("./input/DataSet05.csv", header=T)
>
> However, I read the instructions listed on page 54 of the PDF saying I
> need to bring data into R using a matrix. I think read.csv brings the
> data in as a dataframe. I think colMins is failing because it is looking
> for a matrix but finds a dataframe.
>
>  > colMaxs(Data)
> Error in colMaxs(Data) :
>    Not compatible with requested type: [type=list; target=double].
>  > colMins(Data, na.rm = TRUE)
> Error in colMins(Data, na.rm = TRUE) :
>    unused argument (na.rm = TRUE)
>  > colMins(Data, value = FALSE, parallel = FALSE)
> Error in colMins(Data, value = FALSE, parallel = FALSE) :
>    Not compatible with requested type: [type=list; target=double].
>
> QUESTION
> What is the best practice to bring a csv file into R Studio so it can be
> accessed by colMaxs and colMins, please?
>
>
> Thanks,
> --
> *Stephen Dawson, DSL*
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