I'm wondering why ".data" doesn't show in my environment, but can be accessed like when I use the glimpse function.
library(dplyr)
#>
#> Attaching package: 'dplyr'
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
#>
#> filter, lag
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
#>
#> intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
.data <- storms
sortvars <- c("year", "status", "category")
ls()
#> [1] "sortvars"
glimpse(.data)
#> Observations: 10,010
#> Variables: 13
#> $ name <chr> "Amy", "Amy", "Amy", "Amy", "Amy", "Amy", "Amy", "...
#> $ year <dbl> 1975, 1975, 1975, 1975, 1975, 1975, 1975, 1975, 19...
#> $ month <dbl> 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7,...
#> $ day <int> 27, 27, 27, 27, 28, 28, 28, 28, 29, 29, 29, 29, 30...
#> $ hour <dbl> 0, 6, 12, 18, 0, 6, 12, 18, 0, 6, 12, 18, 0, 6, 12...
#> $ lat <dbl> 27.5, 28.5, 29.5, 30.5, 31.5, 32.4, 33.3, 34.0, 34...
#> $ long <dbl> -79.0, -79.0, -79.0, -79.0, -78.8, -78.7, -78.0, -...
#> $ status <chr> "tropical depression", "tropical depression", "tro...
#> $ category <ord> -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...
#> $ wind <int> 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 50...
#> $ pressure <int> 1013, 1013, 1013, 1013, 1012, 1012, 1011, 1006, 10...
#> $ ts_diameter <dbl> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA...
#> $ hu_diameter <dbl> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA...