One possibility is to use read.fwf(). Andy
> From: Owen, Jason > > Suppose I have a text file that I want to read into R like the > following: > > X Y > 649 699 > 657 891 > 714 632 > 849 727 > 721 597 > 791 868 > 874 652 > 405 978 > 733 > 549 > 790 > > This is a simple example -- I could have a huge file with many > columns of unequal lengths. > > What is the best way to do it? I can't see how a data frame > can be used. I checked the FAQ and did a web search on the topic > but I came up empty. > > Jason > > ______________________________________________ > [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 > > > ______________________________________________ [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
