l <- readLines(textConnection("1: 3,4,5,6 2:1,2,3 43: 5,7,8,9,5"))
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Henrique Dallazuanna <www...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try this: > > sapply(lapply(strsplit(l, ":"), strsplit, ","), > function(x)structure(lapply(x[2], as.numeric), .Names = x[1])) > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Michael Pearmain > <michael.pearm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I've been given a data file of the form: >> 1: 3,4,5,6 >> 2:1,2,3 >> 43: 5,7,8,9,5 >> >> and i want to read this data in as a list to create the form: >> (guessing final look) >> my.list >> [[1]] >> [1] 3 4 5 6 >> >> [[2]] >> [1] 1 2 3 >> >> [[43]] >> [1] 5 7 8 9 5 >> >> I can get to a stage using scan: >> scan("my.data", what = character(0), quiet = TRUE) >> to load >> [1] "1: 3,4,5,6" >> [2] "2:1,2,3" >> [3] "43: 5,7,8,9,5" >> >> but im not sure on how next to proceed to arrange this into a list form, can >> anyone offer some advise? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Mike >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > > > -- > Henrique Dallazuanna > Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil > 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.