Each card column had 12 rows, so as binary it comes in as 12 bits. The question is does this come as a 16 bit integer, or a string of 12 bits that I have to extract from. Either case is not that difficult to do.
On 9/16/05, Ted Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 16-Sep-05 David Barron wrote: > > I have a number of datasets that are multipunch column-binary format. > > Does anyone have any advice on how to read this into R? Thanks. > > > > David > > Do you mean something like the old > > HOLLERITH PUNCHED CARD BINARY FORMAT? > 1111111110111111101111011111101111110 > 0000000001000000010000100000010000001 > 0000010100110000000010000001100010011 > 1111001010001010000000001100100101001 > 0111100100011001100001000100001101011 > 0100010000001100001010010101001110001 > 0100101000010101001100001010100101101 > > (here "1" = hole in card, binary representation of 7-bit ASCII > encoding, high-order bit on top). > > If so, or if you precisely describe the binary format you have, > then the above or similar should be easy to get into R. > > Best wishes, > Ted. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 16-Sep-05 Time: 19:56:01 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 247 0281 What the problem you are trying to solve? [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
