Re: [R] Default value of Numerals argument in read.table function R 3.3.2 on Mac

... and I should have added: It is a specific instance of how ?match.arg works . Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Fri, Mar 24, 20

Re: [R] Default value of Numerals argument in read.table function R 3.3.2 on Mac

Follow the "type.convert" link in the numerals section of ?read.table. That's what it's there for. -- Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Fri

Re: [R] Default value of Numerals argument in read.table function R 3.3.2 on Mac

Those are the available options, not the defaults. If you follow the chain to ?type.convert as the help for read.table suggests, you will learn that "allow.loss" is the default value. The help for type.convert also explains what each option means. Sarah On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Ramnik Ban