Thanks for your quick answer but I don't see the escape character "\n" in "myFile" I see it on the result of my R command.
This is an extract of myFile: # Capsis 4.1.3 generated file - Mon Jul 19 10:39:56 CEST 2004 varName weighting id date x y z calculated observed Date de débourrement 0.0 tree1 1998/365a 1.5 1.5 0.0 158 162 Diamètre du tronc 0.0 tree1 0/0a 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0062422542832791805 0.007 Diamètre du tronc 0.0 tree1 1998/365a 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.010381871834397316 0.011 Hauteur totale de l'arbre 0.0 tree1 0/0a 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 0 I don't know why "\n" appears in R. A 10:40 19/07/2004 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : >You should'nt see the escape character "\n" on "myfile". >Try deleting with a text editor "\n" >A.S. > >---------------------------- > >Alessandro Semeria >Models and Simulations Laboratory >Montecatini Environmental Research Center (Edison Group), >Via Ciro Menotti 48, >48023 Marina di Ravenna (RA), Italy >Tel. +39 544 536811 >Fax. +39 544 538663 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html