R help - May 2008 - start() in zoo

Hi,

I'm trying to get the beginning of my zoo object's index through start 
(d) but sometimes get an error:

Error in start(d):
        Unused argument (s)  (c(NA, 8.792, 8.725, ...)

The data(d) is retrieved from Bloomberg through RBloomberg. I am  
pulling 6 tickers (which means I'm getting 6 columns), and not all of  
them have data going back to my start date. When I print the object,  
there are no errors. And I do see the NA for some of the columns for  
the earlier dates. Also, this is daily data.

Any suggestions on what could be causing this and also what the error  
means would be greatly appreciated.

My best guess at your data based on what you posted works fine:
> d <- zoo(c(NA, 8.792, 8.725))
> start(d)
[1] 1
> packageDescription("zoo")$Version
[1] "1.5-3"
> R.version.string # Vista
[1] "R version 2.7.0 Patched (2008-05-11 r45672)"


Try sending me the output of dput(d) along with the version info
so the problem can be recreated.


On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Arshavir <grigorian at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get the beginning of my zoo object's index through
start(d)
> but sometimes get an error:
>
> Error in start(d):
>       Unused argument (s)  (c(NA, 8.792, 8.725, ...)
>
> The data(d) is retrieved from Bloomberg through RBloomberg. I am pulling 6
> tickers (which means I'm getting 6 columns), and not all of them have
data
> going back to my start date. When I print the object, there are no errors.
> And I do see the NA for some of the columns for the earlier dates. Also,
> this is daily data.
>
> Any suggestions on what could be causing this and also what the error means
> would be greatly appreciated.