If error in loop create vector of "n" and continue - r

Question

I have a loop in R which tests every possible combination of ARIMA with specific conditions and tests the lags. However during the loop there is an error
Error in optim(init[mask], armafn, method = optim.method, hessian = TRUE, :
non-finite finite-difference value [1]
When this error occurs I want it to create a vector of "n" which will be put into a matrix with the rest of the models. I have tried tryCatch but this for some reason stops the rest of the iterations from happening.
Here is my code:
N<- c(155782.7, 159463.7, 172741.1, 204547.2, 126049.3, 139881.9, 140747.3, 251963.0, 182444.3, 207780.8, 189251.2, 318053.7, 230569.2, 247826.8, 237019.6, 383909.5, 265145.5, 264816.4, 239607.0, 436403.1, 276767.7, 286337.9, 270022.7, 444672.9, 263717.2, 343143.9, 271701.7)
aslog<-"n"
library(gtools)
library(forecast)
a<-permutations(n=3,r=6,v=c(0:2),repeats.allowed=TRUE)
a<-a[ifelse((a[,1]+a[,4]>2|a[,2]+a[,5]>2|a[,3]+a[,6]>2),FALSE,TRUE),]
namWA<-matrix(0,ncol=1,nrow=length(a[,1]))
namWS<-matrix(0,ncol=1,nrow=length(a[,1]))
Arimafit<-matrix(0,ncol=length(N),nrow=length(a[,1]),byrow=TRUE)
tota<-matrix(0,ncol=1,nrow=length(a[,1]))
totb<-matrix(0,ncol=1,nrow=length(a[,1]))
for(i in 1:length(a[,1])){
namWA[i]<-paste("orderWA",i,sep=".")
assign(namWA[i],a[i,c(1:3)])
namWS[i]<-paste("orderWS",i,sep=".")
assign(namWS[i],a[i,c(4:6)])
ArimaW1 <- Arima(N, order= a[i,c(1:3)], seasonal=list(order=a[i,c(4:6)]),method="ML")
if(aslog=="y"){Arimafit[i,]<-c(exp(fitted(ArimaW1)))}else{Arimafit[i,]<-c(fitted(ArimaW1))}
nnn<-c(N)
arimab<-c(Arimafit[i,])
fullres<-nnn-arimab
v<-acf(fullres,plot=FALSE)
w<-pacf(fullres,plot=FALSE)
if(v$acf[2]>0.4|v$acf[2]<(-0.4)|v$acf[3]>0.4|v$acf[3]<(-0.4)|v$acf[4]>0.4|v$acf[4]<(-0.4)|v$acf[5]>0.4|v$acf[5]<(-0.4)|v$acf[6]>0.4|v$acf[6]<(-0.4)|v$acf[7]>0.4|v$acf[7]<(-0.4)|w$acf[1]>0.4|w$acf[1]<(-0.4)|w$acf[2]>0.4|w$acf[2]<(-0.4)|w$acf[3]>0.4|w$acf[3]<(-0.4)|w$acf[4]>0.4|w$acf[4]<(-0.4)|w$acf[5]>0.4|w$acf[5]<(-0.4)|w$acf[6]>0.4|w$acf[6]<(-0.4))
tota[i]<-"n" else{
tota[i]<-sum(abs(v$acf[2:7]))
totb[i]<-sum(abs(w$acf[1:6]))}
}
I tried doing
ArimaW1<-tryCatch(Arima(N, order= a[i,c(1:3)], seasonal=list(order=a[i,c(4:6)]),method="ML"),error=function(e) NULL)
and this gave another error
Error in Arimafit[i, ] <- c(fitted(ArimaW1)) :
number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length
then i tried:
ArimaW1<-tryCatch(Arima(N, order= a[i,c(1:3)], seasonal=list(order=a[i,c(4:6)]),method="ML"),error=function(e) matrix("n",ncol=length(Arimafit[1,])))
but this gave an error:
Error: $ operator is invalid for atomic vectors
and also gave a matrix with all the fitted ARIMA values up to iteration 68, after that it gives everything as 0.0
is there a way to get the loop to continue the iterations, filling a vector with a value which goes into the matrix Arimafit like the iterations that do work so that i can carry on with the code?

Answer 1

I just found out the way to do what i wanted to do. This may help other people so I wont delete it, ill just post the solution :)
library(gtools)
a<-permutations(n=3,r=6,v=c(0:2),repeats.allowed=TRUE)
a<-a[ifelse((a[,1]+a[,4]>2|a[,2]+a[,5]>2|a[,3]+a[,6]>2),FALSE,TRUE),]
namWA<-matrix(0,ncol=1,nrow=length(a[,1]))
namWS<-matrix(0,ncol=1,nrow=length(a[,1]))
Arimafit<-matrix(0,ncol=length(N),nrow=length(a[,1]),byrow=TRUE)
tota<-matrix(0,ncol=1,nrow=length(a[,1]))
totb<-matrix(0,ncol=1,nrow=length(a[,1]))
arimaerror<-matrix(0,ncol=length(N),nrow=1)
for(i in 1:length(a[,1])){
namWA[i]<-paste("orderWA",i,sep=".")
assign(namWA[i],a[i,c(1:3)])
namWS[i]<-paste("orderWS",i,sep=".")
assign(namWS[i],a[i,c(4:6)])
ArimaW1 <- try(Arima(N, order= a[i,c(1:3)], seasonal=list(order=a[i,c(4:6)]),method="ML"))
if(is(ArimaW1,"try-error"))
ArimaW1<-arimaerror else
ArimaW1<-ArimaW1
arimafitted<-try(fitted(ArimaW1))
if(is(arimafitted,"try-error"))
fitarima<-arimaerror else
fitarima<-arimafitted
if(aslog=="y"){Arimafit[i,]<-c(exp(fitarima))}else{Arimafit[i,]<-c(fitarima)}
nnn<-c(N)
arimab<-c(Arimafit[i,])
fullres<-nnn-arimab
v<-acf(fullres,plot=FALSE)
w<-pacf(fullres,plot=FALSE)
if(v$acf[2]>0.4|v$acf[2]<(-0.4)|v$acf[3]>0.4|v$acf[3]<(-0.4)|v$acf[4]>0.4|v$acf[4]<(-0.4)|v$acf[5]>0.4|v$acf[5]<(-0.4)|v$acf[6]>0.4|v$acf[6]<(-0.4)|v$acf[7]>0.4|v$acf[7]<(-0.4)|w$acf[1]>0.4|w$acf[1]<(-0.4)|w$acf[2]>0.4|w$acf[2]<(-0.4)|w$acf[3]>0.4|w$acf[3]<(-0.4)|w$acf[4]>0.4|w$acf[4]<(-0.4)|w$acf[5]>0.4|w$acf[5]<(-0.4)|w$acf[6]>0.4|w$acf[6]<(-0.4))
tota[i]<-"n" else{
tota[i]<-sum(abs(v$acf[2:7]))
totb[i]<-sum(abs(w$acf[1:6]))}
}

Answer 2

Here is a further adaption to what i wanted to achieve
a <- permutations(n = 3, r = 6, v = c(0:2), repeats.allowed = TRUE)
a <- a[ifelse((a[, 1] + a[, 4] > 2 | a[, 2] + a[, 5] > 2 | a[, 3] + a[, 6] > 2),
FALSE, TRUE), ]
Arimafit <- matrix(0,
ncol = length(Data.new),
nrow = length(a[, 1]),
byrow = TRUE)
totb <- matrix(0, ncol = 1, nrow = length(a[, 1]))
arimaerror <- matrix(0, ncol = length(Data.new), nrow = 1)
for (i in 1:length(a[, 1])){
ArimaData.new <- try(Arima(Data.new,
order = a[i, c(1:3)],
seasonal = list(order = a[i, c(4:6)]),
method = "ML"),
silent = TRUE)
if (is(ArimaData.new, "try-error")){
ArimaData.new <- arimaerror
} else {
ArimaData.new <- ArimaData.new
}
arimafitted <- try(fitted(ArimaData.new), silent = TRUE)
if (is(arimafitted, "try-error")){
fitarima <- arimaerror
} else {
fitarima <- arimafitted
}
if (as.log == "log"){
Arimafit[i, ] <- c(exp(fitarima))
Datanew <- c(exp(Data.new))
} else {
if (as.log == "sqrt"){
Arimafit[i, ] <- c((fitarima)^2)
Datanew <- c((Data.new)^2)
} else {
Arimafit[i, ] <- c(fitarima)
Datanew <- c(Data.new)
}
}
data <- c(Datanew)
arima.fits <- c(Arimafit[i, ])
fullres <- data - arima.fits
v <- acf(fullres, plot = FALSE)
w <- pacf(fullres, plot = FALSE)
if (v$acf[2]>0.4|v$acf[2]<(-0.4)|v$acf[3]>0.4|v$acf[3]<(-0.4)|v$acf[4]>0.4|v$acf[4]<(-0.4)|v$acf[5]>0.4|v$acf[5]<(-0.4)|v$acf[6]>0.4|v$acf[6]<(-0.4)|v$acf[7]>0.4|v$acf[7]<(-0.4)|w$acf[1]>0.4|w$acf[1]<(-0.4)|w$acf[2]>0.4|w$acf[2]<(-0.4)|w$acf[3]>0.4|w$acf[3]<(-0.4)|w$acf[4]>0.4|w$acf[4]<(-0.4)|w$acf[5]>0.4|w$acf[5]<(-0.4)|w$acf[6]>0.4|w$acf[6]<(-0.4)){
totb[i] <- "n"
} else {
totb[i] <- sum(abs(w$acf[1:4]))
}
j <- match(min(totb), totb)
order.arima <- a[j, c(1:3)]
order.seasonal.arima <- a[j, c(4:6)]
}