?read.csv On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Nick Torenvliet <nick.torenvl...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I have the following code > > fileList <-list.files(path = ".", pattern = "[^a-z].txt$", all.files = > FALSE, full.names = FALSE, recursive = FALSE, ignore.case = FALSE) > for (x in 1:length(fileList)){ > fileLines <- data.frame(read.table(fileList[x])) > print(string) > } > > the lines of the file all have the following format... > AB,20091224,156,156,154,154,55,1198 > > Can I access the comma separated values directly via indexes on fileLines? > e.g. I want to be able to do something like this... > > >date <- fileLines[1][2] > >print(date) > "20091224" > > I've been trying for a while and I haven't been able to hit the separate > elements. > > Nick > > [[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<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? [[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.