read.table will convert you character columns to factors. You are seeing a single value returned ("A"), but it is also reporting the levels for the factors. One way is to read the data in without conversion to factors:
Model=read.table("ModelMat.txt", header=TRUE, as.is=TRUE) or you can convert the factor to character for output: as.character(Model[1,1]) On 8/2/07, Gang Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry about this basic question. After reading a table, > > Model=read.table("ModelMat.txt", header=T) > > I want to get access to each entry in the table Model. However, if I do > > > Model[1,1] > > I get the following, > > [1] A > Levels: A B C > > My question is, how can I just get the entry "A" without the 2nd line > ("Levels: A B C")? > > Thanks, > Gang > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.