[R] Read.table

[Liaw, Andy]

From: Uwe Ligges
> 
> Matias Mayor Fernandez wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I have some column vector in txt or xls and I need to load 
> into R as 
> > numeric vector.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I use the read.table  (X=read.table(123.txt") command but 
> the program 
> > say that "X is not a numeric vector"
> 
> No, I think you got:
> 
>    Error: syntax error in "(X=read.table(123.txt"
> 
> or you have used another call without the syntax error in it.
> 
> In any case, please be more specific what you did. You might 
> also want 
> to copy the first few lines of file 123.txt in your mail.

Besides, if Matias only has one column of data and want that read in as a
vector, scan() is really more appropriate.

Andy

 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Where is the problem?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Matías
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > University of Oviedo,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Spain
> > 
> > 
> > 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > 
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list 
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > PLEASE do read the posting guide! 
> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list 
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide! 
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 
>