[R] embedding data frame in R code?

2012-08-02 Thread ivo welch
I would like to insert a few modest size data frames directly into my R code. a short illustration example of what I want is d - read.csv( _END_, row.names=1 ) , col1, col2 row1,1,2 row2,3,4 __END__ right now, the data sits in external files. I could put each column into its own vector and

Re: [R] embedding data frame in R code?

2012-08-02 Thread R. Michael Weylandt
I'm not sure I entirely understand the question, but the closest thing I can think of to a data frame literal, excepting dput(), would be this: d - read.csv(textConnection( a, b 1, cow 2, dog 3, cat), header = TRUE) and you probably want closeAllConnections() immediately following to avoid a

Re: [R] embedding data frame in R code?

2012-08-02 Thread David Winsemius
On Aug 2, 2012, at 5:57 PM, ivo welch wrote: I would like to insert a few modest size data frames directly into my R code. a short illustration example of what I want is d - read.csv( _END_, row.names=1 ) , col1, col2 row1,1,2 row2,3,4 __END__ right now, the data sits in external files.

Re: [R] embedding data frame in R code?

2012-08-02 Thread William Dunlap
To: ivo welch Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] embedding data frame in R code? I'm not sure I entirely understand the question, but the closest thing I can think of to a data frame literal, excepting dput(), would be this: d - read.csv(textConnection( a, b 1, cow 2, dog 3, cat), header

Re: [R] embedding data frame in R code?

2012-08-02 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 3 August 2012 at 03:15, William Dunlap wrote: | and you probably want closeAllConnections() immediately following | | No you do not want to close all connections. You should close each | connection that you open, but not others (they may be used by other | functions like sink() or

Re: [R] embedding data frame in R code?

2012-08-02 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:57 PM, ivo welch ivo.we...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to insert a few modest size data frames directly into my R code. a short illustration example of what I want is d - read.csv( _END_, row.names=1 ) , col1, col2 row1,1,2 row2,3,4 __END__ right now, the