Something like this? > library(Hmisc) > t <- readLines("clipboard") > t [1] "DEVICE = 'PC'" "CPU_SPEED = '1999', '233'"
> ix <- grep("CPU_SPEED",t) > loc <- substring.location(t[ix],",") > cpu <- substring(t[ix],loc$first+2) > cpu [1] "'233'" On 27/09/06, Andre Jung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to read values from an ASCII text file that contains > information in the following format: > > DEVICE = 'PC' > CPU_SPEED = '1999', '233' > ... > > It's like a config file. > > How can I e.g. get R to read the 2nd value of CPU_SPEED? > How do I go through text files and search for keywords and their values? > > Thanks a lot, > Andre > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > -- ================================= David Barron Said Business School University of Oxford Park End Street Oxford OX1 1HP ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.