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On 8/2/07, Tom Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear List, > > I have 30 data files with different numbers of lines (31 and 33) that I want > to skip before reading the files. If I use the skip option I can only choose > either to skip 31 or 33 lines. The data files with 31 lines have no blank > rows between the lines and the header row. How can I read the files without > manually checking which files have 31 respectively 33 lines ? The only text > line I want to keep is the header. > > Thamks for your help, > Tom > > > for (i in 1:num.files) { > a<-read.table(file=data[i], > ,header=T,skip=31,sep='\t',na.strings="NA") > > } > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Går det långsamt? Skaffa dig en snabbare bredbandsuppkoppling. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > ______________________________________________ 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.