Colleagues
I have just encountered an interesting problem with readLines in R
2.7.0 in Windows Vista. I am trying to read a line that is created in
the following manner:
1. Intel Fortran (ifort) 10.1 creates two text files.
2. The OS concatenates these files with: copy FILE1 +FILE2 FILE3
From R, I execute: readLines("FILE3")
Only the first portion of the file (the original FILE1) is read - the
remainder is ignored and there is no error message.
When I open FILE3 with Notepad, it shows all the text; however,
between the material originating from FILE1 and FILE2, there is a
single character - a right-pointing arrow. When I open the file with
vi in Windows (installed under ssh), it shows ^Z. When I open the
file with a hex editor (after having moved the file to a Mac), it
shows that this character is 1A.
I can get around the problem by working with the files separately.
However, this is not optimal. Is there a work-around that enables me
to read this file (and ignore the offending character)?
Dennis
Dennis Fisher MD
P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
Phone: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784)
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