[R] problem with read.table

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I forgot to show that my file indeed contains x, y values:

x	y
1	8.2
2	18
3	-17.6
4	-3.4
5	6.8
6	11.3
7	1.5
8	11
9	-3.3
10	8.1


--- On Wed, 4/15/09, x <to_rent_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: x <to_rent_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: [R] problem with read.table
> To: r-help at r-project.org, "Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)" <NordlDJ at dshs.wa.gov>
> Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 5:09 PM
> Thank you for the reply. That format works but since I need
> access to x, y subsequent to lm() also, I tried the
> following but now I'm back to the same old error message
> of "object y not being found".
> 
> data_model.df = read.table("./verify.txt",
> header=TRUE, nrows=10);
> dd = datadist(data_model.df);
> options(datadist = 'dd');
> describe(data_model.df); 
> 
> f <- lm(y ~ x)
> print( summary(f) )
> 
> plot(x, y)
> 
> I tried without "options" and
> "describe" and still the same problem.
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/15/09, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)
> <NordlDJ at dshs.wa.gov> wrote:
> 
> > From: Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)
> <NordlDJ at dshs.wa.gov>
> > Subject: RE: [R] problem with read.table
> > To: to_rent_2000 at yahoo.com, r-help at r-project.org
> > Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 5:01 PM
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
> > [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
> > > Behalf Of x
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:54 PM
> > > To: r-help at r-project.org
> > > Subject: [R] problem with read.table
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I've simple code to read a file (verify.txt
> in the
> > same directory as the script file) but
> > > when I run this I get
> > > "Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object
> > "y" not found".
> > > 
> > > data_model.df =
> read.table("./verify.txt",
> > header=TRUE, nrows=10);
> > > f <- lm(y ~ x)
> > > 
> > > Could someone pls tell me what's wrong with
> this
> > code?
> > > 
> > > Sincere thanks!
> > 
> > I don't think there is a problem with
> read.table(). 
> > You need to attach the dataframe or specify
> > data=data_model.df in the call to lm()
> > 
> > f <- lm(y ~ x, data = data_model.df)
> > 
> > Hope this is helpful,
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > Daniel J. Nordlund
> > Washington State Department of Social and Health
> Services
> > Planning, Performance, and Accountability
> > Research and Data Analysis Division
> > Olympia, WA  98504-5204