R devel - Sep 2008 - describe function in package Hmisc and function format.dates in chron (PR#13087)

Full_Name: Kem Phillips
Version: 2.7.1 (2008-06-23)
OS: Windows Xp professional
Submission from: (NULL) (98.221.200.108)


The Hmisc function   describe   fails, giving the error message:

   Error in formatDateTime(dd, atx, !timeUsed) : 
     could not find function "format.dates"

Loading the chron package, where function  dates  apparently resides, does not
fix the problem.   Note also that loading  chron  gives a warning.  Earlier
versions of  chron  from the archive failed to load properly.  Please see the
entire session below, with the error message at the bottom.

Thanks.


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[Previously saved workspace restored]
> library(Hdisc)
Error in library(Hdisc) : there is no package called
'Hdisc'
> library(Hmisc)
Attaching package: 'Hmisc'


        The following object(s) are masked from package:base :

         format.pval,
         round.POSIXt,
         trunc.POSIXt,
         units 

Warning message:
package 'Hmisc' was built under R version 2.7.2 
> library(Design)
Loading required package: survival
Loading required package: splines

Attaching package: 'survival'


        The following object(s) are masked from package:Hmisc :

         untangle.specials 

Design library by Frank E Harrell Jr

Type library(help='Design'), ?Overview, or ?Design.Overview')
to see overall documentation.


Attaching package: 'Design'


        The following object(s) are masked from package:survival :

         Surv,
         survfit 


        The following object(s) are masked from package:Hmisc :

         .R.,
         .SV4. 

Warning message:
package 'Design' was built under R version 2.7.2
> prostate                 NOTE THAT DATA SET prostate exists 
    patno stage              rx dtime                       status age  wt      
            pf hx sbp dbp                               ekg        hg sz
1       1     3 0.2 mg estrogen    72                        alive  75  76     
normal activity  0  15   9                      heart strain 13.798828  2


..

505 13   8.39843750  0  3311
506 NA  22.19921880  1  3428
> describe(prostate)
Error in formatDateTime(dd, atx, !timeUsed) : 
  could not find function "format.dates"
> library(chron)
Warning message:
package 'chron' was built under R version 2.7.2 
> describe(prostate)
Error in formatDateTime(dd, atx, !timeUsed) : 
  could not find function "format.dates"
>

This is because format.dates has become non-callable from outside the chron 
package.  Until the next release of Hmisc you can download a fixed version of 
the describe function at

http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/svn/R/Hmisc/trunk/R/describe.s

Charles

kemphillips at comcast.net wrote:
> Full_Name: Kem Phillips
> Version: 2.7.1 (2008-06-23)
> OS: Windows Xp professional
> Submission from: (NULL) (98.221.200.108)
> 
> 
> The Hmisc function   describe   fails, giving the error message:
> 
>    Error in formatDateTime(dd, atx, !timeUsed) : 
>      could not find function "format.dates"
> 
> Loading the chron package, where function  dates  apparently resides, does
not
> fix the problem.   Note also that loading  chron  gives a warning.  Earlier
> versions of  chron  from the archive failed to load properly.  Please see
the
> entire session below, with the error message at the bottom.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> R version 2.7.1 (2008-06-23)
> Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> 
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
> 
>   Natural language support but running in an English locale
> 
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
> 
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
> 
> [Previously saved workspace restored]
> 
>> library(Hdisc)
> Error in library(Hdisc) : there is no package called 'Hdisc'
>> library(Hmisc)
> 
> Attaching package: 'Hmisc'
> 
> 
>         The following object(s) are masked from package:base :
> 
>          format.pval,
>          round.POSIXt,
>          trunc.POSIXt,
>          units 
> 
> Warning message:
> package 'Hmisc' was built under R version 2.7.2 
>> library(Design)
> Loading required package: survival
> Loading required package: splines
> 
> Attaching package: 'survival'
> 
> 
>         The following object(s) are masked from package:Hmisc :
> 
>          untangle.specials 
> 
> Design library by Frank E Harrell Jr
> 
> Type library(help='Design'), ?Overview, or ?Design.Overview')
> to see overall documentation.
> 
> 
> Attaching package: 'Design'
> 
> 
>         The following object(s) are masked from package:survival :
> 
>          Surv,
>          survfit 
> 
> 
>         The following object(s) are masked from package:Hmisc :
> 
>          .R.,
>          .SV4. 
> 
> Warning message:
> package 'Design' was built under R version 2.7.2 
>> prostate                 NOTE THAT DATA SET prostate exists 
>     patno stage              rx dtime                       status age  wt
>             pf hx sbp dbp                               ekg        hg sz
> 1       1     3 0.2 mg estrogen    72                        alive  75  76
> normal activity  0  15   9                      heart strain 13.798828  2
> 
> ?..
> 
> 505 13   8.39843750  0  3311
> 506 NA  22.19921880  1  3428
>> describe(prostate)
> Error in formatDateTime(dd, atx, !timeUsed) : 
>   could not find function "format.dates"
>> library(chron)
> Warning message:
> package 'chron' was built under R version 2.7.2 
>> describe(prostate)
> Error in formatDateTime(dd, atx, !timeUsed) : 
>   could not find function "format.dates"
> 
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Charles Dupont	Computer System Analyst		School of Medicine
		Department of Biostatistics	Vanderbilt University