Re: [R] Entering Data Files

2012-07-19 Thread John Kane
t > Sent: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:35:00 -0700 (PDT) > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Entering Data Files > > Hi, > > Entering data from a given file is the hardest part of learning R for me. > For example, I have this datafile from Moore's text: > > Live

Re: [R] Entering Data Files

2012-07-18 Thread Yasir Kaheil
type ?read.table in R - Yasir Kaheil -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Entering-Data-Files-tp4636943p4636959.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://st

Re: [R] Entering Data Files

2012-07-18 Thread David L Carlson
p;M University College Station, TX 77843-4352 > -Original Message- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Rui Barradas > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:24 PM > To: darnold > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] En

Re: [R] Entering Data Files

2012-07-18 Thread Greg Snow
For reading data into R you should start with http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.html (or the local copy that was installed with R on your machine). For the example above the read.table function should be fine. If you want to change the shape of the resulting data frame then look at the

Re: [R] Entering Data Files

2012-07-18 Thread Rui Barradas
Hello, Sorry, I forgot the barplot. dmelt <- melt(d, id.vars=c("Live", "Age"), measure.vars="Count") wide <- dcast(Live ~ Age, data = dmelt) col <- rainbow(4) barplot(as.matrix(wide[, 2:5]), beside=T, col=col) legend("topleft", wide[, 1], fill=col) Hope this helps, Rui Barradas Em 18-07-20

Re: [R] Entering Data Files

2012-07-18 Thread Rui Barradas
Hello, Install package 'reshape2' and try the following. #install.packages('reshape2') library(reshape2) d <- read.table(text=" LiveAgeCount ParentsAge19324 AnotherAge1937 OwnPlaceAge19116 GroupAge1958 OtherAge195 ParentsAge20378 Another

[R] Entering Data Files

2012-07-18 Thread darnold
Hi, Entering data from a given file is the hardest part of learning R for me. For example, I have this datafile from Moore's text: LiveAge Count Parents Age19 324 Another Age19 37 OwnPlaceAge19 116 Group Age19 58 Other Age19 5 Parents Age20 378 Another Age20 47 O