Can't draw Histogram, 'x' must be numeric
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Solution 1
Because of the thousand separator, the data will have been read as 'non-numeric'. So you need to convert it:
we <- gsub(",", "", we) # remove comma
we <- as.numeric(we) # turn into numbers
and now you can do
hist(we)
and other numeric operations.
Solution 2
Note that you could as well plot directly from ce
(after the comma removing) using the column name :
hist(ce$Weight)
(As opposed to using hist(ce[1])
, which would lead to the same "must be numeric" error.)
This also works for a database query result.
Solution 3
Use the dec argument to set ","
as the decimal point by adding:
ce <- read.table("file.txt", header = TRUE, dec = ",")
Author by
José Joel.
Updated on August 25, 2022Comments
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José Joel. almost 2 years
I have a data file with this format:
Weight Industry Type 251,787 Kellogg h 253,9601 Kellogg a 256,0758 Kellogg h ....
I read the data and try to draw an histogram with this commands:
ce <- read.table("file.txt", header = TRUE) we = ce[,1] in = ce[,2] ty = ce[,3] hist(we)
But I get this error:
Error en hist.default(we) : 'x' must be numeric.
What do I need to do in order to draw histograms for my three variables ?