On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Mike Miller wrote:
Importing data with a header row using read.delim, one variable should be named
@5HTT but it is automatically renamed to X.5HTT, presumably because the "@" is
either unacceptable or misunderstood. I've tried to find out what the rules
are on variable names but have been unsuccessful. I'll bet someone here can
tell me where to look. Maybe it's hidden away in here somewhere:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.pdf
It's hidden away in: FAQ 7.14 What are valid names?
-thomas
Thomas Lumley Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
tlum...@u.washington.edu University of Washington, Seattle
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