I have been using R the past couple of years to run models on data we are collecting. I recently got a new computer and updated to a new version of R (2.60 -> 2.90). Since the update, I cannot get my syntax to run. I have tried copying the file it is looking for into many different directories to try and run it. In the last version, I found that it was easiest if the file was copied into the R program file folder. I have also tried changing the font the code is written in and turning off "smart quotes" in MS word. Additionally, I have right clicked on R and set myself as the only user on this computer to run this program. The syntax line that appears to be causing problems is: dataname="Igt2model.txt" and the error message is: Error: unexpected input in "dataname="" Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for all of your help, Danielle Danielle Dandreaux, Ph.D. Faculty Research Associate Arizona State University Department of Psychology Tempe, AZ 85287 480-965-3053 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Oct 8, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Danielle Dandreaux wrote:> I have been using R the past couple of years to run models on data we > are collecting. I recently got a new computer and updated to a new > version of R (2.60 -> 2.90). Since the update, I cannot get my > syntax to > run. I have tried copying the file it is looking for into many > different > directories to try and run it. In the last version, I found that it > was > easiest if the file was copied into the R program file folder. I have > also tried changing the font the code is written in and turning off > "smart quotes" in MS word. Additionally, I have right clicked on R and > set myself as the only user on this computer to run this program. The > syntax line that appears to be causing problems is: > dataname="Igt2model.txt" and the error message is: Error: unexpected > input in "dataname=""Simply entering that line at the console should not produce an error.> > Does anyone have any suggestions?1) Full code rather than your guesses about what is wrong. 2) results of getwd() 3) whether you can find that file in that working directory using your OS's file access methods (I'm assuming this is Windows?). -- David> > > > Thanks for all of your help, > > Danielle > > > > Danielle Dandreaux, Ph.D. > > Faculty Research Associate > > Arizona State University > > Department of Psychology > > Tempe, AZ 85287 > > 480-965-3053 > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.David Winsemius, MD Heritage Laboratories West Hartford, CT
Danielle Dandreaux wrote:> I have been using R the past couple of years to run models on data we > are collecting. I recently got a new computer and updated to a new > version of R (2.60 -> 2.90). Since the update, I cannot get my syntax to > run. I have tried copying the file it is looking for into many different > directories to try and run it. In the last version, I found that it was > easiest if the file was copied into the R program file folder. I have > also tried changing the font the code is written in and turning off > "smart quotes" in MS word. Additionally, I have right clicked on R and > set myself as the only user on this computer to run this program. The > syntax line that appears to be causing problems is: > dataname="Igt2model.txt" and the error message is: Error: unexpected > input in "dataname="" > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? >That definitely looks like a problem with the quotes. I would strongly recommend against using MS Word as a text editor for this. You'd be better off using Notepad, or the built in script editor in R (both of which are pretty feeble editors, but adequate), or a better one like WinEdt, Tinn-R, Emacs, etc. Duncan Murdoch> > > Thanks for all of your help, > > Danielle > > > > Danielle Dandreaux, Ph.D. > > Faculty Research Associate > > Arizona State University > > Department of Psychology > > Tempe, AZ 85287 > > 480-965-3053 > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
On 10/09/2009 07:15 AM, David Winsemius wrote:> > On Oct 8, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Danielle Dandreaux wrote: > ... > The syntax line that appears to be causing problems is: > dataname="Igt2model.txt" and the error message is: Error: unexpected > input in "dataname="" >Hi Danielle, This sort of error often occurs when the line is a continuation and there is something like a trailing comma missing on the previous line. Jim