I think he may also need to add the header=TRUE argument:
tdat <- read.csv("http://www.nabble.com/file/p24777697/small.txt";,
header=TRUE, sep="\t")
Note: read.table with those arguments should have worked as well.
And then use names(tdat) <- c(<less bloated list of variable names>)
Perhaps along these lines:
tdnames <- names(tdat)
tdnames
#####------don't paste----------
[1] "Placename"
[2] "X_coord"
[3] "Y_coord"
[4] "Jan.to.Dec.2006.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km"
[5] "Jan.to.Dec.2007.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km"
[6] "Jan.to.Oct.2008.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km"
[7] "Total.Strokes.per.sq.km.for.Jan.2006.to.Oct.2008"
#######-------------
names(tdat)[4:7] <- c("Strk.dens.2006", "Strk.dens.2007", "Strk.dens.
2008", "cumStrk.2006_8")
# cannot use variable names that begin with numbers
without special efforts
tdat # now can be displayed more economically
--
David
On Aug 2, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Mark Difford wrote:
Hannes,
been trying to read a text file that contains heading in the first
line
in to R but cant.
You want the following:
##
TDat <- read.csv("small.txt", sep="\t")
TDat
str(TDat)
See ?read.csv
Regards, Mark.
hannesPretorius wrote:
Ok i feel pretty stupid.. been trying to read a text file that
contains
heading in the first line in to R but cant. all i need to do is
make a
contour plot for a friend but after weeks i feel like giving up.. i
included the first few lines of the file.. any help will be great
Thanks
Hannes http://www.nabble.com/file/p24777697/small.txt small.txt
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