And I meant to add, but somehow forgot, that the default for read.csv is header=TRUE (which is different from read.table, where it is FALSE).
Regards, Mark. Mark Difford wrote: > > Hi David, > >>> I think he may also need to add the header=TRUE argument: > > No! The argument header= is not required in this case. > > ## >> TDat <- read.csv("small.txt", sep="\t") >> str(TDat[,1:3]) > 'data.frame': 10 obs. of 3 variables: > $ Placename: Factor w/ 10 levels "Aankoms","Aapieshoek",..: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > 8 9 10 > $ X_coord : num 30.9 31.4 31.1 31.4 18.7 ... > $ Y_coord : num -26.2 -27.4 -29 -29 -33.5 ... > > ?read.csv, sub header: > "If missing, the value is determined from the file format: header is set > to TRUE if and only if the first row contains one fewer field than the > number of columns." > > regards, Mark. > > > David Winsemius wrote: >> >> I think he may also need to add the header=TRUE argument: >> >> tdat <- read.csv("http://www.nabble.com/file/p24777697/small.txt", >> header=TRUE, sep="\t") >> >> Note: read.table with those arguments should have worked as well. >> >> And then use names(tdat) <- c(<less bloated list of variable names>) >> >> Perhaps along these lines: >> tdnames <- names(tdat) >> tdnames >> >> #####------don't paste---------- >> [1] "Placename" >> [2] "X_coord" >> [3] "Y_coord" >> [4] "Jan.to.Dec.2006.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km" >> [5] "Jan.to.Dec.2007.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km" >> [6] "Jan.to.Oct.2008.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km" >> [7] "Total.Strokes.per.sq.km.for.Jan.2006.to.Oct.2008" >> #######------------- >> >> names(tdat)[4:7] <- c("Strk.dens.2006", "Strk.dens.2007", "Strk.dens. >> 2008", "cumStrk.2006_8") >> >> # cannot use variable names that begin with numbers >> without special efforts >> tdat # now can be displayed more economically >> >> -- >> David >> >> On Aug 2, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Mark Difford wrote: >> >>> >>> Hannes, >>> >>>>> been trying to read a text file that contains heading in the first >>>>> line >>>>> in to R but cant. >>> >>> You want the following: >>> >>> ## >>> TDat <- read.csv("small.txt", sep="\t") >>> TDat >>> str(TDat) >>> >>> See ?read.csv >>> >>> Regards, Mark. >>> >>> >>> hannesPretorius wrote: >>>> >>>> Ok i feel pretty stupid.. been trying to read a text file that >>>> contains >>>> heading in the first line in to R but cant. all i need to do is >>>> make a >>>> contour plot for a friend but after weeks i feel like giving up.. i >>>> included the first few lines of the file.. any help will be great >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Hannes http://www.nabble.com/file/p24777697/small.txt small.txt >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/i%27m-so-stuck-with-text-file-and-contour-plot-tp24777697p24780416.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. >> >> David Winsemius, MD >> Heritage Laboratories >> West Hartford, CT >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/i%27m-so-stuck-with-text-file-and-contour-plot-tp24777697p24786283.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.