sum VS. mean (what are the difference)

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library(ggplot2)
airquality
air <- airquality
air[c(1,3), c(3, 6)]
sum(air[c(1,3), c(3, 6)])
mean(air[c(1,3), c(3, 6)])

with these code sum function works ,but mean does not
what is the difference??

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They have different implementations. sum has a method supporting data.frame inputs with all numeric-alike variables, and mean doesnt.
If you want to pass data.frame inputs with all numeric-alike variables and increase your odds of acceptance you can cast to a numeric matrix on the way.

mean(as.matrix(air[c(1,3), c(3, 6)]))
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