I have been trying to read a random sample of lines from a file into a
data frame using readLines(). The help indicates that readLines() will
start from the current line if the connection is open, but presented with
a closed connection it will open it, start from the beginning, and close
it when finished.
In the code that follows I tried to open the file before reading but
apparently without success, because the result was repeated copies of the
first line:
flines <- 107165
slines <- 100
selected <- sort(sample(flines,slines))
strvec <- rep(“”,slines)
file(“c:/data/perry/data.csv”,open="r")
isel <- 0
for (iline in 1:slines) {
isel <- isel + 1
cline <- readLines(“c:/data/perry/data.csv”,n=1)
if (iline == selected[isel]) strvec[isel] <- cline else
isel <- isel - 1
}
close(“c:/data/perry/data.csv”)
sel.flows <- read.table(textConnection(strvec), header=FALSE, sep=",")
There was also an error "no applicable method" for close.
Comments gratefully received.
Murray Jorgensen
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