Re: [R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive analysis

2008-07-13 Thread jim holtman
to provide some brief annotation or describe the > overall logic in the code you supplied it would help me immensely. > > Thanks, > > Dale > > -Original Message- > From: jim holtman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 6:35 AM > To: Hohm,

Re: [R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive analysis

2008-07-13 Thread Hohm, Dale
: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive analysis This may do what you want: > x <- read.table("/tempxx.txt", comment="", quote="", sep="|", header=TRUE, > as.is=TRUE) > # split out by name >

Re: [R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive analysis

2008-07-13 Thread jim holtman
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Re: [R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive analysis

2008-07-12 Thread Hohm, Dale
icken|Softball;#Heavens to Murgatroyd! Exit stage left! Thanks in advance, Dale -Original Message- From: jim holtman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:32 AM To: Hohm, Dale Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive a

Re: [R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive analysis

2008-07-12 Thread jim holtman
Can you provide a more complete example (say 10 lines) of what the input is like. Does each line have a unique index that can be related to it? Do you want to summarize all the multi1-n values of Col2? Do you want to know the percentage of input lines that have a Col3/multi-value4 on them? You c

[R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive analysis (resend)

2008-07-12 Thread Hohm, Dale
(I checked the archive and it seems the entire text of my post was 'scrubbed' - trying again) Hello, I'm looking for help on the best approach to get "multi-value" data fields into R for simple descriptive analysis. - I am new to this list and new to R, but

[R] Reading Multi-value data fields for descriptive analysis

2008-07-12 Thread Hohm, Dale
Hello, I'm looking for help on the best approach to get "multi-value" data fields into R for simple descriptive analysis. - I am new to this list and new to R, but I really want to get over the hump and get productive with it. Some help with how to best get