Re: [R] how to used regular expression while reading file

You could perhaps set the comment.char argument of read.table() to "@". More generally, you can use scan() and process the lines within R. On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:41 AM, sagarnikam123 wrote: > i have file as in txt format > > @ATTRIBUTE f1996 REAL > @ATTRIBUTE f1997 REAL > @ATTRIBUTE f1998 REAL

[R] how to used regular expression while reading file

i have file as in txt format @ATTRIBUTE f1996 REAL @ATTRIBUTE f1997 REAL @ATTRIBUTE f1998 REAL @ATTRIBUTE f1999 REAL @ATTRIBUTE f2000 REAL @ATTRIBUTE class {-1,1} @DATA 2.080750,1.099070,0.927763,1.029080,-0.130763,1.265460,-0.43 1.109460,0.786453,0.445560,-0.146323,-0.996316,0.555759,0.29 -0.676