HI, May be this helps: Lines1<-"15,30,45;20,45,39;60,49,32;48,59,63" res1<-read.table(text=unlist(strsplit(Lines1,split=";")),sep=",") str(res1) #'data.frame': 4 obs. of 3 variables: # $ V1: int 15 20 60 48 # $ V2: int 30 45 49 59 # $ V3: int 45 39 32 63
#or res2<-read.table(text=gsub(";","\n",Lines1),sep=",",stringsAsFactors=FALSE) res2 # V1 V2 V3 #1 15 30 45 #2 20 45 39 #3 60 49 32 #4 48 59 63 identical(res1,res2) #[1] TRUE A.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: murfs <jm9...@my.bristol.ac.uk> To: r-help@r-project.org Cc: Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 12:39 PM Subject: [R] Difficulty importing data from PARI/GP I'm trying to import a matrix created in PARI/GP into R but am having problems. The data in the text file has entries separated by commas but the rows themselves are separated by semicolons rathen than being on a new line. Is there a way to get R to recognise that ";" means start a new row ? -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Difficulty-importing-data-from-PARI-GP-tp4653736.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. ______________________________________________ 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.