[R] problem with reading data files with different numbers of lines to skips

[Gabor Grothendieck]

See:

http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/03b/6094.html

On 8/2/07, Tom Cohen <tom.cohen78 at yahoo.se> wrote:
> Dear  List,
>
>  I have 30 data files with different numbers of lines (31 and 33) that I want to skip before reading the files. If I use the skip option I can only choose either to skip 31 or 33 lines. The data files with 31 lines have no blank rows between the lines and the header row. How can I read the files without manually checking which files have 31 respectively 33 lines ?  The only text line I want to keep is the header.
>
>  Thamks for your help,
>  Tom
>
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>  for (i in 1:num.files) {
>   a<-read.table(file=data[i],
>  ,header=T,skip=31,sep='\t',na.strings="NA")
>
>  }
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