Re: [R] Variable length datafile import problem

2011-02-20 Thread John Kane
> > From: John Kane [jrkrid...@yahoo.ca] > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:54 AM > To: Ingo Reinhold > Subject: RE: [R] Variable length datafile import problem > > Generally most of the gurus are in this list.  > Hopefully someo

Re: [R] Variable length datafile import problem

2011-02-18 Thread Peter Ehlers
__ From: John Kane [jrkrid...@yahoo.ca] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:54 AM To: Ingo Reinhold Subject: RE: [R] Variable length datafile import problem Generally most of the gurus are in this list. Hopefully someone will take an interest in the problem. I suspect th

Re: [R] Variable length datafile import problem

2011-02-18 Thread Ingo Reinhold
hat's it. Many thanks again for the effort. Ingo From: John Kane [jrkrid...@yahoo.ca] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:54 AM To: Ingo Reinhold Subject: RE: [R] Variable length datafile import problem Generally most of the gurus are in this list. Ho

Re: [R] Variable length datafile import problem

2011-02-15 Thread John Kane
Your example does not seem to accurately mirror your data since there are no variable column counts. If the data is not confidential, it might be a good idea to load a sample of it somewhere were list readers can get it and examine the actual file layout. [url=http://www.mediafire.com/][b]Medi

Re: [R] Variable length datafile import problem

2011-02-15 Thread jim holtman
Also look at the "flush" and "fill" arguments on read.table to see if that helps. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Ingo Reinhold wrote: > Dear all, > > I am stuck the reading of a file which has 100s of rows and variable column > counts. > > The tab-limited data file looks something like: > > So

Re: [R] Variable length datafile import problem

2011-02-15 Thread Dimitri Liakhovitski
Can you try to change the extention of your file (make it a .txt or open it in Excel and save it as a .csv file) - and then read it in? Dimitri On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Ingo Reinhold wrote: > Dear all, > > I am stuck the reading of a file which has 100s of rows and variable column > coun