[R] Characters To Matrix

Hi, I have a data set that I read in using readLines, but R classes it as a character string. The data set has multiple columns and rows, but I only want the first 2 columns in the form of a matrix. Thanks for the help. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Re: [R] Characters To Matrix

Bob Roberts quagmire54321 at yahoo.com writes: I have a data set that I read in using readLines, but R classes it as a character string. The data set has multiple columns and rows, but I only want the first 2 columns in the form of a matrix. Thanks for the help. data(CO2) str(CO2) col2 =

Re: [R] Characters To Matrix

Why aren't you using 'read.table'? On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Bob Roberts quagmire54...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi,   I have a data set that I read in using readLines, but R classes it as a character string. The data set has multiple columns and rows, but I only want the first 2 columns in