R help - Jan 2013 - Removing an attached object

Dear All,
I am a bit confused, I attached my data frame using 'attach(DATA)'
Then I removed it using 'rm(DATA)'
But for some reason it is still at position 2 at the search path
search()
 [1] ".GlobalEnv"        "DATA"             
"package:foreign"
 [4] "package:stats"     "package:graphics" 
"package:grDevices"
 [7] "package:datasets"  "package:rcom"     
"package:rscproxy"
[10] "package:utils"     "package:methods"  
"RExcelEnv"
[13] "Autoloads"         "package:base"     

Also when I enter the names of factors in this dataframe, such as 'AGE',
I get a list of data values.
This is weird, why does it not disappear from the search path?
Thanks

Pancho Mulongeni
Research Assistant
PharmAccess Foundation
1 Fouch? Street
Windhoek West
Windhoek
Namibia
?
Tel:?? +264 61 419 000
Fax:? +264 61 419 001/2
Mob: +264 81 4456 286

Hi,

Please read the following:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3536036/rmlist-ls-doesnt-completely-clear-the-workspace

HTH,
Pascal


Le 15/01/2013 19:55, Pancho Mulongeni a ?crit :
> Dear All,
> I am a bit confused, I attached my data frame using 'attach(DATA)'
> Then I removed it using 'rm(DATA)'
> But for some reason it is still at position 2 at the search path
> search()
>   [1] ".GlobalEnv"        "DATA"             
"package:foreign"
>   [4] "package:stats"     "package:graphics" 
"package:grDevices"
>   [7] "package:datasets"  "package:rcom"     
"package:rscproxy"
> [10] "package:utils"     "package:methods"  
"RExcelEnv"
> [13] "Autoloads"         "package:base"
>
> Also when I enter the names of factors in this dataframe, such as
'AGE', I get a list of data values.
> This is weird, why does it not disappear from the search path?
> Thanks
>
> Pancho Mulongeni
> Research Assistant
> PharmAccess Foundation
> 1 Fouch? Street
> Windhoek West
> Windhoek
> Namibia
>
> Tel:   +264 61 419 000
> Fax:  +264 61 419 001/2
> Mob: +264 81 4456 286
>
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