Mark Fingerle <mark.finge...@brainlab.com> writes: > Dear all,
> I have a .txt file which contains multiple tables and I would like to > read these tables separately in order to create graphs for each one. > The tables are separated by a blank line, have a variable number of > lines, fixed nr. Of rows, have a header and a comment above the header > (#) which contains a specific word that identifies each table. (see > example below). It would be possible to change the layout of the .txt > data a bit (Add a word, remove comment etc..) > I would be extremely grateful if anyone could help me with this daunting task > :-) > Example: > # CoordA > Image X Y Z MeasuredMove MachineMove > vf_36.png -114.345475 -89.043448 556.073402 > 0 0 > vf_37.png -111.118715 -89.978534 606.040764 > 50.080172 50.000000 > vf_38.png -107.911209 -90.901958 656.025557 > 50.096111 50.000000 > vf_39.png -104.693931 -91.814392 705.982620 > 50.068868 50.000000 > vf_40.png -101.459549 -92.730113 755.983835 > 50.114082 50.000000 > > # CoordB > Image X Y Z MeasuredMove MachineMove > vf_36.png -115.345475 -89.043448 556.073402 > 0 0 > vf_37.png -115.118715 -89.978534 606.040764 > 50.080172 50.000000 > vf_38.png -134.911209 -90.901958 656.025557 > 50.096111 50.000000 > vf_39.png -164.693931 -91.814392 705.982620 > 50.068868 50.000000 > vf_40.png -134.459549 -92.730113 755.983835 > 50.114082 50.000000 > > # CoordC > Image X Y Z MeasuredMove MachineMove > vf_36.png -168.345475 -89.043448 556.073402 > 0 0 > vf_37.png -115.118715 -89.978534 606.040764 > 50.080172 50.000000 > vf_38.png -146.911209 -90.901958 656.025557 > 50.096111 50.000000 > vf_39.png -187.693931 -91.814392 705.982620 > 50.068868 50.000000 > vf_40.png -185.459549 -92.730113 755.983835 > 50.114082 50.000000 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > This is not a solution if you really want separate graphs of the individual tables, but you could add column "Coord", roll everything into a single table and then create one or more facet plots from that. Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under construction. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.