The message seems to be messed up but if your data has one more column
than the header then it will assume the first column is the row names.
Use the R count.fields function to diagnose this.
On Dec 7, 2007 1:24 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using read.table and keep on getting this message.
>
> The function is confusing my first column with a row.names column. I have
> checked the table carefully using excel and it seems quite symetric and
> with a name at the top of each column.
>
> This is what I am using:
>
> form1 = read.table("c:/horses/form.tbl", sep="\t", header = T)
>
> and this is the top few rows of the table:
>
> fields.result fields.age fields.sex fields.barrier horse.winnings
> horse.form.ran horse.form.win horse.form.place
> horse.form.at.this.track.ran horse.form.at.this.track.win
> horse.form.at.this.track.place horse.form.at.this.distance.ran
> horse.form.at.this.distance.win horse.form.at.this.distance.place
> horse.form.with.this.jockey.ran horse.form.with.this.jockey.win
> horse.form.with.this.jockey.place horse.form.with.this.going.ran
> horse.form.with.this.going.win horse.form.with.this.going.place
> rider.rides.last.3 rider.places.last.3 trainer.rides.last.3
> trainer.places.last.3
> 4 4 G 3 50 5 0 0 0 0
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
> 0 0 36 0.166666667
> 2 5 G 5 3250 9 0 0.333333333 0
> 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.4 3 0
> 0.333333333 35 0.114285714 7 0.285714286
> 3 4 M 4 2075 11 0 0.090909091 0
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
> 0 0 0 13 0.307692308
> 5 5 M 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
> 54 0.185185185 2 0
> 1 4 M 7 1800 4 0 0.5 0 0
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
> 0 0 90 0.366666667
>
> Can anyone suggest whats wrong or a workaround.
>
> Thanks
>
> Stephen
>
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