Thanks, Right, I can see why sep="\n" might grab the entire "\13\10" but it seems like sep="\10" should not strip the "\13" also.
I need to read in this file (PDF file) and create a list of lines defined by the "\10" delimiter. Any suggestions how I could use ReadBin to do that? >Not a strange feature, but the documented behaviour (and useful, too). >You have opened the file in text mode. If you want to keep CRs, open and >read in binary mode. >-- >Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ >University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) >1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) >Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > Try opening the file as a connection using the 'read binary' mode. If you > are running on a Windows system, the operating system is taking \10\13 and > mapping that to just '\n' since that is the normal sequence that Windows > uses on text files. > __________________________________________________________ > James Holtman "What is the problem you are trying to solve?" > Executive Consultant -- Office of Technology, Convergys > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +1 (513) 723-2929 > > > > "Greg Riddick" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > I'm reading a file into a list by: > PDF = scan("file",what="character",sep="\10") > > "\10" is the newline character in this file, also tried "\n" originally > > On lines that are ended by "\13\10", both are dropped from the list entry > I want scan to keep the "\13" in the list entry. > > Is this a bug or just a strange feature? > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
