Ronnie, try head? tail?
and, I also fine useful after loading str? On 11/22/05, Ronnie Babigumira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear List > I am new to R and to the list and will try best as I can be clear and > concise. My apologies if anything I write contravenes the posting code > on this list. I would also like to say I have run through most of the > material on the R website before writing this email however, I am > stuck. > > Here is what I want to do and what I have done > > 1. Read a comma seperated text file into R > I have used read.csv and it seems to have worked > > 2. List the a few observations to make sure the right stuff came in > I have failed to find a command that allows me to list a few > observations and would appreciate some help on this (I have used edit > which pops up an spreadsheet however, I would prefer a command that > allows me to list a few observations for inspection) > > 3. Save this data as an r dataset > I cant seem to figure this out (I tried save(mytextfile, file = > "myrdata") but when I try to load what I saved, I get an error message > "Error: bad restore file magic number (file may be corrupted) -- no data > loaded" > > 4. Load this r dataset and proceed to work on it > > I would appreciate some help. > > ______________________________________________ > [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 > -- HTH, Jim Porzak Loyalty Matrix Inc. San Francisco, CA ______________________________________________ [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
