yeah...i'd have done that but it is a 20 mb csv file...and then there are other columns of data also..which could be distorted by this...
r_a_mueller wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 2. Januar 2008 14:14 schrieb mrafi: >> hello respected ppl... >> am a engg. student...i was trying to use R in statistical calculations >> now the problem is..i imported a huge tsv file onto R...it has a column > csv? >> which gives cost...and it has "$" with each numerical value in this >> column...it is something like this..$.05,$.1,$.075...and so on.. >> R is reading it as "character vector"... >> i tried using all the arguments but could only change it to a "factor" >> i want to read it as numericals...and perform further operations.. >> i know it is a stupid problem but can any1 help me get outta this... >> thank you all...!!! > I'd like to have it simple... open your csv-file in a text editor, with > "find/replace" replace your "$" by "" > > -- > Richard Müller - Am Spring 9 - D-58802 Balve-Eisborn > www.oeko-sorpe.de > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-ignore-or-omit-somethings-while-reading-the-data-table-tp14578131p14578428.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.
