Hello all,
I'm using the following scan() parameters on a tab-separated text file that was
generated by R.
temp_file <- scan(file = outfile, sep="\t", what = character(), skip = 1,
nlines = 1)
The problem is that within some cells, there are cases where there are three
frontslashes ( /// ). However, the file itself is tab-separated, and the exact
problem is that even if I specify sep="\t" in the argument to scan(), whenever
it encounters a /// it overrides the tab separation, and uses the /// as the
separator. Then within that column, I see a bunch of /t in the output, and no
///. There are also some cells with two frontslashes ( // ), but scan handles
them just fine.
I've tried many, many other combinations of parameters, but have not found the
right one.
I know this shouldn't be a problem, b/c read.csv() and read.table() call
scan(), and when calling them, such as:
abc <- read.table(outfile, sep="\t", header=T)
...I don't have the problem. The /// show up in the output verbatim, and the /t
are used as proper delimiters.
If anyone can tell me which parameter I am missing in scan(), I would be very
grateful. I'd prefer not to have to use make.names() to handle the slashes.
Thanks in advance for any help,
-Ken
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