Guest BG Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Hello, I am hoping someone can assist me with a problem I have trying to load WordNet dictionary into a statistics program called R. Below is the error message I receive: > library(wordnet) > initDict() [1] FALSE Warning message: In initDict() : cannot find WordNet 'dict' directory: please set the environment variable WNHOME to its parent Below is output from my computer when I type the following into a DOS window. The actual file is in Program Files (note space) whereas below it is reported as ProgramFiles - I don't know if this makes a difference. Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\>echo %WNHOME% C:\ProgramFiles\R\WordNet-3.0\ I have entered the Variable value via: control -> panel -> system -> system properties -> advanced -> environment Variable Name = WNHOME variable value = C:\Program Files\R\WordNet-3.0\ Any assistance with this problem is much appreciated, regards Bob
Guest Jim Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: difficulty setting environment variable to its parent "BG" <BG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8278473F-BCCA-440F-9BDC-36B33103FB77@microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I am hoping someone can assist me with a problem I have trying to load > WordNet dictionary into a statistics program called R. Below is the error > message I receive: > >> library(wordnet) >> initDict() > [1] FALSE > Warning message: > In initDict() : > cannot find WordNet 'dict' directory: please set the environment variable > WNHOME to its parent > > Below is output from my computer when I type the following into a DOS > window. The actual file is in Program Files (note space) whereas below it > is > reported as ProgramFiles - I don't know if this makes a difference. > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > > C:\>echo %WNHOME% > C:\ProgramFiles\R\WordNet-3.0\ > > I have entered the Variable value via: control -> panel -> system -> > system > properties -> advanced -> environment > > Variable Name = WNHOME > variable value = C:\Program Files\R\WordNet-3.0\ > > > Any assistance with this problem is much appreciated, > > > regards > > Bob Blanks are significant. As C:\ProgramFiles\ is not the same place as C:\Program Files\. Jim
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: difficulty setting environment variable to its parent "BG" <BG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8278473F-BCCA-440F-9BDC-36B33103FB77@microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I am hoping someone can assist me with a problem I have trying to load > WordNet dictionary into a statistics program called R. Below is the error > message I receive: > >> library(wordnet) >> initDict() > [1] FALSE > Warning message: > In initDict() : > cannot find WordNet 'dict' directory: please set the environment variable > WNHOME to its parent > > Below is output from my computer when I type the following into a DOS > window. The actual file is in Program Files (note space) whereas below it > is > reported as ProgramFiles - I don't know if this makes a difference. > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > > C:\>echo %WNHOME% > C:\ProgramFiles\R\WordNet-3.0\ > > I have entered the Variable value via: control -> panel -> system -> > system > properties -> advanced -> environment > > Variable Name = WNHOME > variable value = C:\Program Files\R\WordNet-3.0\ > > > Any assistance with this problem is much appreciated, > > > regards > > Bob Are you saying that you set WNHome to a value of "C:\Program Files\R\WordNet-3.0\" and that it then becomes visible as "C:\ProgramFiles\R\WordNet-3.0\" in a Command Prompt window? If so, did you open this Command Prompt before or after setting the variable?
Guest BG Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: difficulty setting environment variable to its parent "Jim" wrote: > > Bob > Blanks are significant. As C:\ProgramFiles\ is not the same place as > C:\Program Files\. > Jim Jim, Thanks. After trialling various options the space is now there but the error message remains so it must be something else. Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\>echo %WNHOME% C:\Program Files\R\WordNet3.0\ Any other suggestions? Bob
Guest BG Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: difficulty setting environment variable to its parent "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > Are you saying that you set WNHome to a value of > "C:\Program Files\R\WordNet-3.0\" > and that it then becomes visible as > "C:\ProgramFiles\R\WordNet-3.0\" > in a Command Prompt window? If so, did you open this Command > Prompt before or after setting the variable? Thanks for your reply. I suspect that I previously left the Command Prompt window open while I was trying various options. As I have tried so many options, it is now a bit hard to recall the exact sequence, however, when I just reopened a Command Prompt window, the space is clearly there. I also tested if I had the file path wrong: C:\>cd C:\Program Files\R\ C:\Program Files\R> cd C:\Program Files\R\WordNet3.0\ C:\Program Files\R\WordNet3.0> cd C:\Program Files\R\WordNet3.0\dict C:\Program Files\R\WordNet3.0\dict> Bob
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: difficulty setting environment variable to its parent "Jim" <j.n@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:enrcfNkIJHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "BG" <BG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8278473F-BCCA-440F-9BDC-36B33103FB77@microsoft.com... >> Hello, >> >> I am hoping someone can assist me with a problem I have trying to load >> WordNet dictionary into a statistics program called R. Below is the error >> message I receive: >> >>> library(wordnet) >>> initDict() >> [1] FALSE >> Warning message: >> In initDict() : >> cannot find WordNet 'dict' directory: please set the environment >> variable >> WNHOME to its parent >> >> Below is output from my computer when I type the following into a DOS >> window. The actual file is in Program Files (note space) whereas below it >> is >> reported as ProgramFiles - I don't know if this makes a difference. >> >> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] >> © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. >> >> >> C:\>echo %WNHOME% >> C:\ProgramFiles\R\WordNet-3.0\ >> >> I have entered the Variable value via: control -> panel -> system -> >> system >> properties -> advanced -> environment >> >> Variable Name = WNHOME >> variable value = C:\Program Files\R\WordNet-3.0\ >> >> >> Any assistance with this problem is much appreciated, >> >> >> regards >> >> Bob > Blanks are significant. As C:\ProgramFiles\ is not the same place as > C:\Program Files\. > Jim Indeed but not for why you think. If there are spaces in the line anywhere then the variable must be enclosed in quotes. The parser stops at the first space otherwise.
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