Hi Jim,
Thanks! The pattern for blanks varies. It could
be any of scenarios you outlined. Other folks
pointed out the problem can be solved by
specifying sep="\t" in read.table().
Best,
Allen
On Nov 28, 2007 10:12 PM, jim holtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The question is what do the 'blanks' mean? I assume that they are
> separating the variables since that is the default for read.table.
>
> So what is the difference between:
>
> 1) "1 2" one blank
> 2) "1 2" two blanks
> 3) "1 2" three blanks
> 4)........
>
> How are these different conditions supposed to be interpreted? Now
> you replace the blanks with commas and that might do it for you. This
> would mean that "1 2" (which would be two variables where there are 2
> blanks) would now be "1,,2" which would be three variables. So you
> need to define what is supposed to happen in these cases.
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 8:21 PM, affy snp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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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> > >
> >
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