When using mice, I get Error in str2lang(x) : :1:8: unexpected symbol

Question

When the mice package for missing value imputation, I get the following error:

impute_vals = mice(cols, threshold = 1, m=1, maxit = 3, printFlag = TRUE)
Error in str2lang(x) : :1:8: unexpected symbol
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       ^

All columns are numerical. I'm not sure why it is not letting me run the MICE imputations.

user_18686409 · Answer

I changed to column name and this worked for me

When using mice, I get Error in str2lang(x) : <text>:1:8: unexpected symbol