i have one file as > munnabhai<-read.table(hyphen[1],skip=1) > munnabhai V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 1 1 12AS_A 4 A 0.00000 157.8994119 2 2 2 12AS_A 5 Y -41.61818 -56.8011795 1 3 3 12AS_A 6 I -55.47021 -51.1328352 1 4 4 12AS_A 7 A -54.43085 -58.3428366 1 5 5 12AS_A 8 K -54.31525 -39.2709474 1 6 6 12AS_A 9 Q -61.37700 -33.5304490 1 7 7 12AS_A 10 R -86.14173 -32.3448242 1 8 8 12AS_A 11 Q -52.88589 -57.2830246 1
want to read v7 vector & add V8, & edit it as in the same file V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 1 1 12AS_A 4 A 0.00000 157.8994119 2 2.3 2 2 12AS_A 5 Y -41.61818 -56.8011795 1 45.5 3 3 12AS_A 6 I -55.47021 -51.1328352 1 78.5 4 4 12AS_A 7 A -54.43085 -58.3428366 1 7.3 5 5 12AS_A 8 K -54.31525 -39.2709474 1 8.9 6 6 12AS_A 9 Q -61.37700 -33.5304490 1 4.5 7 7 12AS_A 10 R -86.14173 -32.3448242 1 7.3 8 8 12AS_A 11 Q -52.88589 -57.2830246 1 1.0 -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/how-to-read-file-append-at-specified-positon-tp4424227p4424227.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.