Dear all, I have a flat file (tab delimited) derived from an excel file which is subdivided in different parts: a first part is reporting metadata, then there is a first spreadsheet indicated by [ ], then the actual data and the second spreadsheet with the same format [ ] and then the data. How can I import such file using for instance read.table()? Many thanks regards Luigi
Here is a sample of the file: * Experiment Barcode = * Experiment Comments = * Experiment File Name = F:\array 59 * Experiment Name = 2015-04-13 171216 * Experiment Run End Time = 2015-04-13 18:07:57 PM PDT ... [Amplification Data] Well Cycle Target Name Rn Delta Rn 1 1 Adeno 1-Adeno 1 0.820 -0.051 1 2 Adeno 1-Adeno 1 0.827 -0.042 1 3 Adeno 1-Adeno 1 0.843 -0.025 1 4 Adeno 1-Adeno 1 0.852 -0.015 1 5 Adeno 1-Adeno 1 0.858 -0.008 1 6 Adeno 1-Adeno 1 0.862 -0.002 ... [Results] Well Well Position Omit Sample Name Target Name Task Reporter Quencher RQ RQ Min RQ Max CT Ct Mean Ct SD Quantity Delta Ct Mean Delta Ct SD Delta Delta Ct Automatic Ct Threshold Ct Threshold Automatic Baseline Baseline Start Baseline End Efficiency Comments Custom1 Custom2 Custom3 Custom4 Custom5 Custom6 NOAMP EXPFAIL 1 A1 false P17 Adeno 1-Adeno 1 UNKNOWN FAM NFQ-MGB Undetermined false 0.200 true 3 44 1.000 N/A N Y 2 A2 false P17 Adeno 40/41 EH-AIQJCT3 UNKNOWN FAM NFQ-MGB Undetermined ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.