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"Error in FUN(left, right) : non-numeric argument to binary operator" error

Hello all,

I'm trying to get log2 fold value and getting "Error in FUN(left, right) : non-numeric argument to binary operator" error. Attached is the snippet of my data, command and the error. Please, someone help.

Thanks!!

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updated by cpad0112 cpad0112 • written by amoyar.dever • amoyar.dever

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Your first column is the issue. It is not a number. Remove first column and log the data. Some thing like log2(data[,-1]+1). See if following is what you want: 

results=data
results[,-1]=log2(results[,-1]+1)

This works because values in results df is log2 of data df except for 1 column.

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written by cpad0112 cpad0112

Thank you very much! It worked like a magic..

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written by amoyar.dever • amoyar.dever

np. next time, please add some data, instead of image. Good luck and accept the post as answer.

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written by cpad0112 cpad0112

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