> Well, I am going to type in ever value because the data sheets are of > counts of insects that I identified, so I should be okay with > accuracy... I really just need something that allows for more than > 256 columns as I have encounter over 256 species of insects in even > small streams. ...
Oh, ugh, that sounds difficult and prone to entry errors. You might be better off organizing in the 'long' format with 4-5 columns: siteID, subSiteID, species, count, comments You can then reshape(), or use the reshape package, or even the 'pivot table' available in excel and other spreadcheats. Glad you have an answer. Enjoy your day. cur -- Curt Seeliger, Data Ranger Raytheon Information Services - Contractor to ORD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541/754-4638 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/20/2008 06:01:43 PM: > Well, I am going to type in ever value because the data sheets are of > counts of insects that I identified, so I should be okay with > accuracy... I really just need something that allows for more than > 256 columns as I have encounter over 256 species of insects in even > small streams. I think calc with it's 1000ish columns will do the > trick... thanks everbody for your help. > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Gabor Grothendieck > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a list of free spreadsheets with their row and column limits > > at this link: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Calc > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:13 PM, stephen sefick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> sorry excel 2003 with no immediate update in the future. > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Gabor Grothendieck > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> You didn't say which version of Excel you are using but Excel 2007 > >>> allows 16,384 columns. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:27 PM, stephen sefick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> I am wondering if there is a better alternative than Excel for data > >>>> storage that does not require database knowledge (I will eventually > >>>> have to learn this, but it is not on my immediate todo list). I need > >>>> something that is not limited to 256 columns... I don't need any of > >>>> the built in functions in excel just a spreadsheet like program with > >>>> cells that hold data in a data.frame format for a staging area before > >>>> I get it into R. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is not > >>>> a direct r question, but all of you folks have more experience than I > >>>> do and I am having a time finding what I need with google. > >>>> thanks in advance > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Stephen Sefick > >>>> Research Scientist > >>>> Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy > >>>> > >>>> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are > >>>> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and > >>>> make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the > >>>> annoying little problems of being mammals. > >>>> > >>>> -K. Mullis > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>> 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. > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Stephen Sefick > >> Research Scientist > >> Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy > >> > >> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are > >> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and > >> make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the > >> annoying little problems of being mammals. > >> > >> -K. Mullis > >> > > > > > > -- > Stephen Sefick > Research Scientist > Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy > > Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are > so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and > make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the > annoying little problems of being mammals. > > -K. Mullis > > ______________________________________________ > 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. [[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.