This is the same as PR#8226, and is already fixed in R-patched.

Please note the searches you were asked to do before submitting a report.

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Full_Name: Giovanni Bonafe'
> Version: 2.2.0
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (195.62.164.225)
>
>
> If the file "example.dat" is like this:
>
> aaa bbb ccc
> 3.4 1.2 5.6
> 4.6 10  32
> 667 343 1.7
>
> With the older 1.9.1, as expected:
>
>> data<-read.fwf(file = "example.dat",widths=c(3,4,4),header=TRUE)
>> data
>    aaa   bbb  ccc
> 1   3.4   1.2  5.6
> 2   4.6  10.0 32.0
> 3 667.0 343.0  1.7
>
> While with the newer 2.2.0:
>
>> data<-read.fwf(file = "example.dat",widths=c(3,4,4),header=TRUE)
>> data
>   X3.4 X1.2 X5.6
> 1   4.6   10 32.0
> 2 667.0  343  1.7
>
> On the other side, if I use the option header=FALSE, no difference occurs
> between the two versions:
>
>> data<-read.fwf(file = "example.dat",widths=c(3,4,4))
>> data
>   V1   V2   V3
> 1 aaa  bbb  ccc
> 2 3.4  1.2  5.6
> 3 4.6  10    32
> 4 667  343  1.7
>
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