Re: [R] Subsetting a data.frame -> Read in with FWF format from .DAT file

Hi Michael, Thanks so much for your detailed reply! I gained a better understanding of the read.fwf function, along with ensuring I better note how these read-in functions convert variables, etc. As well, your tip on removing "format" while converting the PRVDR_NUM variable to numeric (from fac

Re: [R] Subsetting a data.frame -> Read in with FWF format from .DAT file

Inline. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:04 PM, RHelpPlease wrote: > Hi there, > I am having trouble subsetting a data frame by a conditional via one column > (of many). > > I read the file into R through "read.fwf," where I specified column widths. > Original data is .DAT.  I then utilized "names" funct

[R] Subsetting a data.frame -> Read in with FWF format from .DAT file

Hi there, I am having trouble subsetting a data frame by a conditional via one column (of many). I read the file into R through "read.fwf," where I specified column widths. Original data is .DAT. I then utilized "names" function to read in column headings. For one column, PRVDR_NUM, I wish to f