What have you tried? Check the Intro manual for hints. ?read.table probably using sep='\t'
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Sunita22 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > I have to import 2 txt files into R. 1 file contains the data and the other > contains the header, column headings, datatypes and labels for the data. > > I have 2 problems: > > 1) my data file has mixed type of data e.g. 1 2 3 4 5 3-5 02/04/06 3 4 5 > and > so on, the data file is tab separated. when I import it, the data is > getting > stored in one single variable say V1. I need to separate it into rows and > columns. how do I this? Which commands in R would be useful for the same? > > 2) The other file is also tab separated. the 6 lines contains header and > introduction as in the name of the dataset, year, etc. and then column > names > its datatypes and labels. After importing the data in this file also gets > stored in one single variable. I need to separate it into rows and columns. > how do I this? Which commands in R would be useful for the same? > > Thank you in advance > > Regards > Sunita > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Importing-data-into-R-and-combining-2-files-tp23545291p23545291.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list 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.
