R help - Sep 2009 - error: could not find function "sd"

sselamat wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> Everytime I try to get the standard deviation of a vector and enter
> command of sd(x), i get a reply
> Error: could not find function "sd"
> Can someone help me please?
> Thanks. 
> 
> 
Hmmm.  Please provide more information, it's hard to imagine how this could
happen.
Results of sessionInfo() ???

 Here's the only way I could get this to happen:
> find("sd")
[1] "package:stats"
> detach("package:stats")
> sd(1)
Error: could not find function "sd"



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Ben Bolker wrote:
> 
> 
> sselamat wrote:
>> Hi, 
>> Everytime I try to get the standard deviation of a vector and enter
>> command of sd(x), i get a reply
>> Error: could not find function "sd"
>> Can someone help me please?
>> Thanks. 
>>
>>
> 
> Hmmm.  Please provide more information, it's hard to imagine how this
could
> happen.
> Results of sessionInfo() ???
> 
>  Here's the only way I could get this to happen:
> 
>> find("sd")
> [1] "package:stats"
>> detach("package:stats")
>> sd(1)
> Error: could not find function "sd"

Or if you start R by specifying that stats is not among the default 
packages.

Anyway, I guess it is a broken installation and re-installing will fix it.

Uwe Ligges