There are many ways to import data into R, and I don't know any of them that would do what you are describing. You really need to give us some reproducible code if we are to follow along with your problem. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On May 9, 2015 7:59:31 AM PDT, Kate Ignatius <kate.ignat...@gmail.com> wrote: >I have some data that I've trouble importing... > >A B C D E >A 1232 0.565 >B 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656 >C 2323 0.5656 >D 2323 0.5656 >E 2323 0.5656 >F 2323 0.5656 >G 2323 0.5656 >G 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656 > >When I input the data it seems to go like this: > >SampleID ItemB ItemC ItemD ItemE >A 1232 0.565 >B 2323 0.5656 >0.5656 0.5656 >C 2323 0.5656 >D 2323 0.5656 >E 2323 0.5656 >F 2323 0.5656 >G 2323 0.5656 >G 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656 > >with the last two columns (or the two columns with vast amounts of >missing data which are usually the last two = see SampleB) wrapping >around - is there away to prevent this? > >Thanks! > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.