Thanks John. AT.
On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 5:23 PM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Zilefac Elvis <zilefacel...@yahoo.com>wrote: Hi, >I have fixed width data that I would like to split into columns. Here is a >sanpshot of the data (actual data is a list object): ><snip> >Thanks, >AT. > > I see you already have an answer that you like. I will add that read.fwf might also be a possibility. It's difficult for me to tell if that last column is always 6 characters in length. file <- textConnection(list_object) read.fwf(file=file,c(4,2,2,4,6)) -- The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled culinary vessel will not achieve 100 degrees on the Celsius scale. Maranatha! <>< John McKown [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.