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...r [1] "factor" > Date2=as.Date(dsort$Date) #attempt at changing the data type from a factor to a date object (see error below). Error in charToDate(x) : character string is not in a standard unambiguous format Dates in my table are listed in "3/4/2007" format. StatBat2 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

...eric. However it remains a non-numeric value. What is the best way to convert a column of data to a numeric value in R? What is the best way to convert dates into a numeric format (or some format able to be used in an x,y scatter) while still maintaining its inherent "date" property? StatBat2 -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Struckmeier, Nathanael Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 1:57 PM To: Bert Gunter Cc: R-help at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] FW: Unable to Plot using headers. > is.numeric(demand)...

Hello! I am trying import data into R and im running into a snag. GOAL: Import a 4 column, 8,000 row table into R including headers. WHAT I'VE ATTEMPTED: Original data was in Excel format. Converted data to both a .txt and .csv (to see which worked better) Imported data into R via commands as object "demand" (see below) Please excuse the long file path.

...up my data, making sure there are no (') or (#) but it could still a formatting issue My computer has 1.9GB RAM. I have looked but I can't figure out how to increase R memory usage. Any ideas would be appreciated. If someone needs more information to help me I'll supply it. StatBat2 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]