Hi Jim,
Thanks a lot! I would like the blanks to be read as NAs.
I tried
cgh<-read.table(file="WM115A.txt",header = TRUE,fill = TRUE,na.strings =
"NA")
but the blanks were just filled by their flanking columns.
Best,
Allen
On Nov 28, 2007 7:42 PM, jim holtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If the data is fixed field, then read.fwf. Else blanks are normally
> allowed delimiters. How do you want to interprete blanks? There are
> number of ways, none of which you have specified.
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 6:46 PM, affy snp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > Is there a way to read in a txt file with some blanks? The ideal way
> could
> > be to replace blanks with NAs.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Allen
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