what's the input?

[klg-2016]

https://github.com/kaitlyngaynor/gorongosa-mesocarnivores/blob/2336acd58af0118a01f8db2e98203f87ed8ae4a5/scripts/temporal-figure-functions.R#L4

OK I think I understand that this is creating a function to plot the daily activity patterns, but how do I tell what arguments it takes?

[klg-2016]

OK I'm re-reading your email and trying to figure it out

[kaitlyngaynor]

The arguments are right there in the parentheses :)

A is the only required argument (you see it has no default value set) and this is should be the vector of sunTimes (so, dataframe$suntime if it's a column in a dataframe). The other arguments can be ignored - they just specify the size and the smoothing parameter, and polygoncol is the color of the polygon.

You can also look into the functions to see where each of these arguments (A, n.grid, kmax, polygoncol) pop up again.

[kaitlyngaynor]

Here's a good intro to function syntax just in case you are curious https://r4ds.had.co.nz/functions.html

[klg-2016]

Thank you! That makes more sense.

I'm also running into issues using the functions from your script (temporal-figure-functions.R) in another script. I looked to see how to use functions you've created, and it said that you can either run the text in the console or use a line of code like this: source("scripts/temporal-figure-functions.R"). However, I can't get either of those to work. Can you think of something dumb I'm missing?

[kaitlyngaynor]

Hmm no, those should be the two approaches... just in case, you might load library(overlap) in case these functions somehow depend on it?

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Thank you! That makes more sense.

I'm also running into issues using the functions from your script (temporal-figure-functions.R) in another script. I looked to see how to use functions you've created, and it said that you can either run the text in the console or use a line of code like this: source("scripts/temporal-figure-functions.R"). However, I can't get either of those to work. Can you think of something dumb I'm missing?

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[klg-2016]

I just tried that, and restarted R. The functions are showing up in my environment, but not running when I try to use it.

I also just copied and pasted the function code into the same script that I'm using to call it, and it's still throwing the same error >.<

[kaitlyngaynor]

I just tried to pull and run but it's not there - can you commit & push?

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I just tried that, and restarted R. The functions are showing up in my environment, but not running when I try to use it. [image: image] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/66888714/91456242-06111800-e851-11ea-84f2-41033a53cf32.png

I also just copied and pasted the function code into the same script that I'm using to call it, and it's still throwing the same error >.<

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[klg-2016]

Just did! Sorry I restarted my computer real quick to see if that did anything

[klg-2016]

(it didn't)

[kaitlyngaynor]

lol Katie it's cause you wrote timpeplot1 instead of timeplot1

[klg-2016]

wooooooooooooooooooow

[klg-2016]

I'm just sitting here laughing at myself. Thanks for helping me find a typo that I thought was a big error >.<

[klg-2016]

eventually I would have noticed that? maybe?

[kaitlyngaynor]

haha no worries. will probably be less responsive throughout the day, so my new advice in the meantime is just 1) restart R and 2) double-check for typos hahah

[klg-2016]

sounds good! will do. thanks for your help :)