R help - Dec 2006 - Box Tidwell / Error Message / Error in parse(file, n, text, prompt) : syntax error in

Dear R-Users,

 

I used the box.tidwell () function of the car Package. 

 

So far everything is fine. However, if the number of dummy variables in the
part not to be transformed (other.x formula) exceeds a certain level (around
70), I receive the following error message:

 

Error in parse(file, n, text, prompt) : syntax error in 

 

What did I miss? And how can I solve this problem?

 

I read some of the messages in the mail archives about this error message,
but to be honest I am rather a novice in R, I did not understand them.

 

Some background information:

 

-          The data set does not have any missing values

-          The data set contains more than 19000 observations.

 

Thanks in advance and if you need more information about the data, please
let me know,

 

Simon

 

 

 

 

Simon P. Kempf 

Dipl.-Kfm. MScRE Immobilienökonom (ebs)

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent

 

Büro:

IREBS Immobilienakademie

c/o ebs Immobilienakademie GmbH

Berliner Str. 26a

13507 Berlin

 

Privat:

Dunckerstraße 60

10439 Berlin

 

Mobil: 0176 7002 6687

Email:  <mailto:simon.kempf@web.de> simon.kempf@web.de

 


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Dear Simon,

I think that the most likely answer is that there's an error in the command
that you wrote (which is being sourced from a file?), but it's hard to tell
from the information that you supply. It might help to do a traceback()
after the error. I doubt that the error depends on the data.

I hope this helps,
 John

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McMaster University
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http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox 
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> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] Box Tidwell / Error Message / Error in 
> parse(file, n, text,prompt) : syntax error in
> 
> Dear R-Users,
> 
>  
> 
> I used the box.tidwell () function of the car Package. 
> 
>  
> 
> So far everything is fine. However, if the number of dummy 
> variables in the part not to be transformed (other.x formula) 
> exceeds a certain level (around 70), I receive the following 
> error message:
> 
>  
> 
> Error in parse(file, n, text, prompt) : syntax error in 
> 
>  
> 
> What did I miss? And how can I solve this problem?
> 
>  
> 
> I read some of the messages in the mail archives about this 
> error message, but to be honest I am rather a novice in R, I 
> did not understand them.
> 
>  
> 
> Some background information:
> 
>  
> 
> -          The data set does not have any missing values
> 
> -          The data set contains more than 19000 observations.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in advance and if you need more information about the 
> data, please let me know,
> 
>  
> 
> Simon
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Simon P. Kempf 
> 
> Dipl.-Kfm. MScRE Immobilienvkonom (ebs)
> 
> Wissenschaftlicher Assistent
> 
>  
> 
> B|ro:
> 
> IREBS Immobilienakademie
> 
> c/o ebs Immobilienakademie GmbH
> 
> Berliner Str. 26a
> 
> 13507 Berlin
> 
>  
> 
> Privat:
> 
> Dunckerstra_e 60
> 
> 10439 Berlin
> 
>  
> 
> Mobil: 0176 7002 6687
> 
> Email:  <mailto:simon.kempf at web.de> simon.kempf at web.de
> 
>  
> 
> 
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