R Error: Arguments Imply Differing Number of Rows (2 Examples)
This article illustrates how to handle the error message “arguments imply differing number of rows” in the R programming language.
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Example 1: Replicating the Error Message: arguments imply differing number of rows
In Example 1, I’ll illustrate how to reproduce the error “arguments imply differing number of rows”. Have a look at the following R code:
data.frame(x1 = 1:5, # Wrong application of data.frame x2 = 1:6) # Error in data.frame(x1 = 1:5, x2 = 1:6) : # arguments imply differing number of rows: 5, 6
As you can see, the RStudio console returns the error “arguments imply differing number of rows”.
The reason for this is that we tried to create a data frame with unequal variable lengths (i.e. x1 has a length of five and x2 has a length of six).
Example 2: Fixing the Error Message: arguments imply differing number of rows
In this Section, I’ll illustrate how to solve the error message “arguments imply differing number of rows”:
data.frame(x1 = c(1:5, NA), # Proper application of data.frame x2 = 1:6) # x1 x2 # 1 1 1 # 2 2 2 # 3 3 3 # 4 4 4 # 5 5 5 # 6 NA 6
In the previous R code we added an NA value at the end of the shorter column. This way, we created two variables with even length.
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In summary: You learned in this article how to deal with the error “arguments imply differing number of rows” in the R programming language. Don’t hesitate to let me know in the comments below, in case you have additional questions.
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Hi Joachim. Is the video coming soon?
I’m not following the answer.
Hey Aaron,
I’m not sure when I will be able to upload the video. However, could you share your code? I can have a look at it.
Regards
Joachim