[R] open unknown file format in R

[MacQueen, Don]

If it's a text file, any of the usual functions, such as read.table(),
scan(), etc.

If it's a binary file, try readBin()

It's up to you to find out what kind of a file it is, and how the data is
structured within the file.
(hint: on a unix-alike system, the 'file' command will tell you something
useful. or just try opening it with a text editor)

-Don

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Don MacQueen

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Livermore, CA 94550
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On 3/17/14 12:06 PM, "eliza botto" <eliza_botto at hotmail.com> wrote:

>Dear R-Family,
>I have just downloaded a massive data file from internet
>(AphroJP_62STN_V1005.1900.gz). Apparently, the file is compressed with
>.gz. When I uncompressed
>it, the file was saved in the name (AphroJP_62STN_V1005.1900) of unknown
>format. How can I open it in R?
>thankyou very much indeed in advance,
>Eliza   		 	   		 
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