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mingdinkler
2010 Feb 28
6
A slight trap in read.table/read.csv.
...of a file are all F's and T's then the
field is interpreted as logical.
If I change the file to
"CandidateName","NSN","Ethnicity","dob","gender"
"Smith, Mary Jane",111222333,"E","2/25/1989","F"
"Mingdinkler, Melvin Queue",999888777,"01/04/1942","M"
then the read functions correctly interpret the last field
as being character.
The translation of "F" into FALSE resulted in some mysterious
contretemps in further analysis, which it took me a while to
track down.
I s...
2002 Apr 04
1
PR#1132.
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<td>
Never you mind!</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Details</h3>
<p>
The parameter list <code>par</code> should be
as follows, for each possible value of <code>gorp</code>:
<dl>
<dt>melvin:</dt><dd>(Melvin Mingdinkler.) A vector with components
<i>(beta,gamma,r)</i> which are respectively
a load of dingos' kidneys, an elephant, and a duck.
Note that <i>gamma</i> must be totally ridiculuous.
</dd>
<dt>clyde:</dt><dd>(Clyde, clyde, the cow's outside.) A v...