Why use a csv dataset as an intermediary? Use RExcel and get the dataset directly from your Excel source.
See http://rcom.univie.ac.at for full details. You can download the RExcelInstaller package from CRAN with install.packages("RExcelInstaller") library(RExcelInstaller) installRExcel() Rich [[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.
