[R] csv vs. data frame

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I agree with you Duncan because I sense the hostility too, but, in any environment, there are going to be those who 'don't play well with others.' I just delete and read the next posting. I'm personally here to learn :)

On Aug 19, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

On 19/08/2010 4:15 PM, Bert Gunter wrote:
> Do not post such questions to this list.
> Read an Introduction to R first, please.
>  

I think that's a bit harsh:  Bruce is trying to help R users, but doesn't necessarily want to learn to be one.
> -- Bert
> 
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Bruce Como <bruce at lmcsoftware.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am neither a statistician nor a user of R.  I am a programmer trying to
> > provide my users (both statisticians and R users) data in a format that
> > works best for them.
> >
> > What is a data frame?  Is source data easier to work with in this format or
> > a csv file?  Or yet another format?
>  

A data frame is an internal structure in R.  If you produce data in a csv file, it is easy for an R user to import it into a data frame.  Take the usual care
with quotes, commas, etc. within strings in the file.

Duncan Murdoch

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> > Thanks for your time.
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> > Bruce
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