I've not had occasion to use it yet, but perhaps read.fwf. At the R command prompt, type ?read.fwf to learn about it.
--Chris Ryan ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:23:18 -0500 >From: Dirty D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [R] New to List - just starting to learn R - question about reading >in data >To: r-help@r-project.org > >Hi, everyone, > >I'm new to R and the List, and excited to be here. I am coming from a >background working in SPSS 16, primarily, which has a lot of easy >options for reading in data. I am working in R in an Ubuntu Linux >environment, and I'm learning with R Commander. > >Now, here's my question. In my line of work, I'm used to getting data in >some kind of flat ASCII format with a separate file indicating which >columns correspond to which variables. In the Venables and Ripley book >on S/R that I'm reading, there doesn't seem to be a way to read this >kind of data format into R, and I haven't found anything online. > >If anyone has the tine, I'd sure appreciate a little guidance. > >Thanks, > >DD > >______________________________________________ >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.
