Re: [R] About converting files in R

2016-10-25 Thread Bob Rudis
Can you tell us where you got the file from and perhaps even send a link to the file? I know of at least 11 types of files that use `.bin` as an extension which are all different types of data with different binary formats. On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Bob Rudis wrote: > I'm afraid we'll need

Re: [R] About converting files in R

2016-10-25 Thread Mark Sharp
Lily, Bob's suggestion is the best. You can also look at readBin(). Enter ?readBin at the R prompt. Mark R. Mark Sharp, Ph.D. msh...@txbiomed.org > On Oct 25, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Bob Rudis wrote: > > I'm afraid we'll need more information that that since the answer from > many folks on the l

Re: [R] About converting files in R

2016-10-25 Thread Bob Rudis
I'm afraid we'll need more information that that since the answer from many folks on the list to such a generic question is going to be a generic "yes". What's the source of the binary files? If you know the type, there may even be an R package for it already. On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 5:28 PM, lil

[R] About converting files in R

2016-10-25 Thread lily li
Hi R users, Do any of you have any experience about converting binary files to ascii or txt files in R? Thanks a lot for your help. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https: