[datatable-help] Avoid warnings when obtaining fictitious rows

[Arunkumar Srinivasan]

Wrap the j-exp with print. It will help you identify what the issue is.

Arun

> On 27 Aug 2015, at 13:58, Frank S. <f_j_rod at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
>  
> I can execute my R code but I obtain a warning message and I do not know how to avoid it.
> Let's consider, just by way of example, the following data table with 2 subjects under study:
>  
> DT <- data.table(id=c(2,2,2,11,11),
>   start=c(rep(as.Date("2007-01-01"),3),rep(as.Date("2010-09-30"),2)),
>   visit=c("2007-03-01","2008-07-15","2008-11-17","2010-10-15","2011-05-17"),
>   end=c(rep(as.Date("2009-05-01"),3),rep(as.Date("2012-03-25"),2)))
>  
> I get a new data table which assigns a fictitious visit on each 31 December between
> the dates "start" and "end" corresponding to each individual:
>  
> DT.new <- unique(DT[,list(start,
>  visit=as.Date(c(paste0(year(start[1]):(year(end[1])-1),"-12-31"))), 
>  end), by=id])
>  
> Warning messages:
> In `[.data.table`(DT, , list(start, visit = as.Date(c(paste0(year(start[1]):(year(end[1]) -  :
>   Column 2 of result for group 1 is length 2 but the longest column in this result is 3. Recycled leaving remainder of 1 items. This warning is once only for the first group with this issue.
>  
> The R code works, but how can I avoid the warning?
>  
> Many thanks for any suggestion!!
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