Thanks, but I don't want to specify the column names by hand, since I have a lot of similar files.
arun kirshna wrote > > Hi, > > Try this: > > dat1<-read.table(text=" > 2.5 3.6 7.1 7.9 > 100 3 4 2 3 > 200 3.1 4 3 3 > 300 2.2 3.3 2 4 > ",sep="",header=TRUE) > #Either > > colnames(dat1)<-c("2.5","3.6","7.1","7.9") > #or > > colnames(dat1)<-c(2.5,3.6,7.1,7.9) > #produce character column names > > > is.character(colnames(dat1)) > [1] TRUE > is.numeric(colnames(dat1)) > [1] FALSE > > > dat1 > 2.5 3.6 7.1 7.9 > 100 3.0 4.0 2 3 > 200 3.1 4.0 3 3 > 300 2.2 3.3 2 4 > > > A.K. > > -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/read-table-with-numeric-row-names-tp4636342p4636378.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.