[R-pkg-devel] obscure syntax error

Jim Lemon drj|m|emon @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Fri Mar 22 11:18:04 CET 2019


Hi,
I have been attempting to check a new version of the prettyR package,
and have struck a difficult problem. The check fails at the
installation, and when I track the error, it is "Unexpected end of
input" in the xtab function. I have tried a number of things as I
thought that it was a non-printing character (I have had that happen
before). I can paste the entire function into an R session and there
is no error. Has anyone struck an error like this before?

xtab<-function(formula,data,varnames=NULL,or=TRUE,chisq=FALSE,phi=FALSE,
 html=FALSE,bgcol="lightgray") {

 if(missing(formula))
  stop("Usage: xtab(formula,data,varnames=NULL,or=TRUE,chisq=FALSE,phi=FALSE\n")
 ft<-as.character(attr(terms(formula),"variables")[-1])
 nft<-length(ft)
 if(nft>2) {
  xt<-list()
  by.factor<-as.factor(data[[ft[nft]]])
  factor.levels<-levels(by.factor)
  factor.labels<-attr(data[,ft[nft]],"value.labels")
  if(!is.null(names(factor.labels))) factor.labels<-names(factor.levels)
  if(is.null(factor.labels)) factor.labels<-factor.levels
  nlevels<-length(factor.levels)
  for(i in 1:nlevels) {
   currentdata<-subset(data,by.factor==factor.levels[i])
   for(j in 1:dim(currentdata)[2])
    attr(currentdata[,j],"value.labels")<-attr(data[,j],"value.labels")
   currentcount<-length(currentdata[[nft]])
   totalcount<-length(data[[nft]])
   cat("\nCount for",ft[nft],"=",factor.labels[i],"is",currentcount,
    "(",round(100*currentcount/totalcount,1),"%)\n\n")
   rightside<-ifelse(nft>3,paste(ft[2:(nft-1)],sep="",collapse="+"),ft[2])
   next.formula<-as.formula(paste(ft[1],rightside,sep="-",collapse=""))
   xt[[i]]<-xtab(next.formula,data=currentdata,varnames=varnames,chisq=chisq,
    phi=phi,html=html,bgcol=bgcol)
  }
 }
 else {
  if(missing(data)) xt<-calculate.xtab(get(ft[1]),get(ft[2]),varnames=varnames)
  else xt<-calculate.xtab(data[,ft[1]],data[,ft[2]],varnames=varnames)
 }
 attr(xt,"class")<-"xtab"
 return(xt)
}
 Thanks for any pointers.

Jim



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