Re: [R] how to specify modes of certain fields in read.table

If you want to use colClasses, then do: read.table(, colClasses=rep('numeric', 50)) On Feb 12, 2008 5:40 PM, Weidong Gu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a data file with 50 columns. Among them, there are two coordinates, X and Y X Y 641673.78807 3607080.78438 641436.56207

Re: [R] how to specify modes of certain fields in read.table

It is just printing them out with that significance; the numbers are stored with about 15 digits. If you want more, use 'options': x - scan(textConnection(641673.78807 + + 3607080.78438 + + 641436.56207 + + 3607108.30543 + + 641165.28042 + + 3607136.82957 + + 640879.58373 + + 3607116.20568 + +

[R] how to specify modes of certain fields in read.table

I have a data file with 50 columns. Among them, there are two coordinates, X and Y X Y 641673.78807 3607080.78438 641436.56207 3607108.30543 641165.28042 3607136.82957 640879.58373 3607116.20568 When I use read.table, it rounds X and Y to the maximal 8 decimal number as. 641673.8