[R] error message - unexpected input

[Duncan Murdoch]

Danielle Dandreaux wrote:
> I have been using R the past couple of years to run models on data we
> are collecting. I recently got a new computer and updated to a new
> version of R (2.60 -> 2.90). Since the update, I cannot get my syntax to
> run. I have tried copying the file it is looking for into many different
> directories to try and run it. In the last version, I found that it was
> easiest if the file was copied into the R program file folder. I have
> also tried changing the font the code is written in and turning off
> "smart quotes" in MS word. Additionally, I have right clicked on R and
> set myself as the only user on this computer to run this program. The
> syntax line that appears to be causing problems is:
> dataname="Igt2model.txt" and the error message is: Error: unexpected
> input in "dataname=""
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> Does anyone have any suggestions?
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That definitely looks like a problem with the quotes.  I would strongly 
recommend against using MS Word as a text editor for this.  You'd be 
better off using Notepad, or the built in script editor in R (both of 
which are pretty feeble editors, but adequate), or a better one like 
WinEdt, Tinn-R, Emacs, etc.

Duncan Murdoch
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> Thanks for all of your help,
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> Danielle
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> Danielle Dandreaux, Ph.D.
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> Faculty Research Associate
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> Arizona State University
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> Department of Psychology
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> Tempe, AZ 85287
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> 480-965-3053
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