R help - Nov 2012 - Why do i get "Error: unexpected input in "A<-lm(GandW ~ Authocracy, Data)"

Every time i insert : A<-lm(GandW ~ Authocracy;Data) i get this Error. 

Iam using Mac.  And i have checked that "Data" has been read
correctly. The
same command with the same Data has been used by a friend who is using
Linux. 

Thanks for help! 

Stockholm university 

Faradj



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Use "," instead of ";"

It should work now...

Regards,

Bruno



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Dear Bruno,

I sitll get this message, even when iam using ","   Error: unexpected
input
in "A<-lm(GandW ~ Authocracy,Data)"



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On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:15 PM, F86 <faradj.g at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Bruno,
>
> I sitll get this message, even when iam using ","   Error:
unexpected input
> in "A<-lm(GandW ~ Authocracy,Data) "
>
You're on a Mac, you say? Try googling for "R unexpected error" -
Macs
do some crazy things:

http://www.manning-sandbox.com/thread.jspa?threadID=46089

try it with = instead of <-


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On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Another possibility is to use argument 'data' explicitly:
>
> A<-lm(GandW ~ Authocracy, data = Data)
>
>
> Hope this helps,
 It's not going to. The line parses very nicely as written, with or
without naming the argument.

The specific error the poster was getting only happens when you have
an input that doesn't parse. I have been having trouble reproducing
that error message but finally managed it by using that weird 'hook'
character in the top-left of my keyboard:
> z?1
 Error: unexpected input in "z?"

 - which makes me think the link I pointed to about Macs mashing <-
into a single arrow character is the kind of thing that is happening.

 We wait....

Barry

I see the character (octal) 021 at the end of that error message (when
I save it as *.txt file from wordpad). 
  Error: unexpected input in "A<-lm(GandW ~ Authocracy,Data) "

Bill Dunlap
Spotfire, TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com

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> Dear Bruno,
> 
> I sitll get this message, even when iam using ","   Error:
unexpected input
> in "A<-lm(GandW ~ Authocracy,Data)"
> 
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True it did not. I have now tried to do everything but without any results. 
However, a friend of mine, with PC(Linux), does the same thing and it works
just perfect. 



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Also when i type  "z?1"  i got the same error. My data seems to be OK
without
any problems. And its works perfect for a friend.  



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