[R] Error message after following Appendix A R-intro

[Ben Tupper]

Hi,

On Oct 16, 2013, at 7:03 PM, timscharlton <tcharlton at aquafirma.com.au> wrote:

> I am new to R and tried to go through the commands shown at App. A of
> "R-intro" (p.78).  
> 
> I get the following error message.
> 
>> fm<-1m(y~x,data=dummy)
> Error: unexpected symbol in "fm<-1m"


I think the example shows the function 'lm', which is an acronym for 'linear model', not '1m', which is an acronym 'one melon'. 
  
Cheers,
Ben

> 
> I suspect it might be related to the tilda.  All the commands in R-intro for
> the tilda show it in a superscript postion. From my keyboard I only have the
> option as shown above.  
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
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