Re: [R] New to List - just starting to learn R - question about reading in data

Are you looking for read.fwf? I've not seen that form of data file since the days of punched cards. (That _was_ the era when SPSS was written._) (Real names and real signature blocks are preferred here.) On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, someone wrote: Hi, everyone, I'm new to R and the List, and excited

Re: [R] New to List - just starting to learn R - question about reading in data

I've not had occasion to use it yet, but perhaps read.fwf. At the R command prompt, type ?read.fwf to learn about it. --Chris Ryan Original message >Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:23:18 -0500 >From: Dirty D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [R] New to List - just

Re: [R] New to List - just starting to learn R - question about reading in data

Welcome! Dirty D wrote: Hi, everyone, I'm new to R and the List, and excited to be here. I am coming from a background working in SPSS 16, primarily, which has a lot of easy options for reading in data. I am working in R in an Ubuntu Linux environment, and I'm learning with R Commander.

[R] New to List - just starting to learn R - question about reading in data

Hi, everyone, I'm new to R and the List, and excited to be here. I am coming from a background working in SPSS 16, primarily, which has a lot of easy options for reading in data. I am working in R in an Ubuntu Linux environment, and I'm learning with R Commander. Now, here's my question. I