[R] questions about read datafile into R

[Sarah Goslee]

This kind of problem - reading a messy data file - was discussed at
great length just last week. The ideas from that discussion may
help you with your version:
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e5/help/08/12/10404.html

Sarah

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Lu, Zheng <Zheng.Lu at mpi.com> wrote:
> Dear all:
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> I have been thinking to import below one data file (.txt)into R by
> read.table(..,skip=1, header=T). But How can I deal with the repeated
> rows of TABLE NO.1 and names of data variables in the middle of this
> data file. The similar block will be repeated 100 times, here only show
> 4 of them and within each block, data records also can vary, here only
> paste 4 rows for example. I appreciate your consideration and help in
> this holiday season. Happy Holiday!
>
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> TABLE NO.  1
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>          ID         GID        TIME         OBS         AMT        EVID
> RATE        ADDL          II         CMT          WT        IPRE
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  3.3918E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0500E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.6267E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  9.6000E+01  4.2100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  3.1781E+02
>
> TABLE NO.  1
>
>          ID         GID        TIME         OBS         AMT        EVID
> RATE        ADDL          II         CMT          WT        IPRE
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  5.7557E+01
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0500E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  8.8583E+01
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  9.6000E+01  4.2100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  1.7342E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  1.6800E+02  5.3100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.0179E+02
>
> TABLE NO.  1
>
>          ID         GID        TIME         OBS         AMT        EVID
> RATE        ADDL          II         CMT          WT        IPRE
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  1.4389E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0500E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.6147E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  9.6000E+01  4.2100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.2634E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  1.6800E+02  5.3100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  4.0733E+02
>
> TABLE NO.  1
>
>          ID         GID        TIME         OBS         AMT        EVID
> RATE        ADDL          II         CMT          WT        IPRE
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.2003E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0500E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  3.2116E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  9.6000E+01  4.2100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  3.3642E+02
>
>  3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  1.6800E+02  5.3100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
> 0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  4.7881E+02
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Sarah Goslee
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