Jim, That works - thank you; but still doesn't explain why stringsAsFactors doesn't seem to have an effect.
Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: jim holtman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 November 2007 13:41 To: Jessop, David Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Bug (?) in read.fwf have you tried "as.is=TRUE" On Nov 8, 2007 6:20 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use read.fwf > > temp = read.fwf ("Raw data.txt", widths = c (11, 21, 10, rep > (16, 6)) ,skip = 2, n = 2, stringsAsFactors = FALSE, strip.white = > TRUE) > > but no matter what I do the strings are turned into factors. I > believe it's the "n=2" parameter that causes the problem as it seems > to work without this. Am I missing something? > > Thanks in advance, > > David Jessop > > > Issued by UBS AG or affiliates to professional investors for > information only and its accuracy/completeness is not guaranteed. > All opinions may change without notice and may differ to > opinions/recommendations expressed by other business areas of UBS. > UBS may maintain long/short positions and trade in instruments > referred to. Unless stated otherwise, this is not a personal > recommendation, offer or solicitation to buy/sell and any > prices/quotations are indicative only. UBS may provide investment > banking and other services to, and/or its employees may be directors > of, companies referred to. To the extent permitted by law, UBS does > not accept any liability arising from the use of this communication. > > (c) 2007 UBS. All rights reserved. Intended for recipient only and > not for further distribution without the consent of UBS. > > UBS Limited is a company registered in England & Wales under company > number 2035362, whose registered office is at 1 Finsbury Avenue, > London, EC2M 2PP, United Kingdom. > > UBS AG (London Branch) is registered as a branch of a foreign company > under number BR004507, whose registered office is at > 1 Finsbury Avenue, London, EC2M 2PP, United Kingdom. > > UBS Clearing and Execution Services Limited is a company registered in > England & Wales under company number 03123037, whose registered office > is at 1 Finsbury Avenue, London, EC2M 2PP, United Kingdom. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? Issued by UBS AG or affiliates to professional investors for information only and its accuracy/completeness is not guaranteed. All opinions may change without notice and may differ to opinions/recommendations expressed by other business areas of UBS. UBS may maintain long/short positions and trade in instruments referred to. Unless stated otherwise, this is not a personal recommendation, offer or solicitation to buy/sell and any prices/quotations are indicative only. UBS may provide investment banking and other services to, and/or its employees may be directors of, companies referred to. To the extent permitted by law, UBS does not accept any liability arising from the use of this communication. © 2007 UBS. All rights reserved. Intended for recipient only and not for further distribution without the consent of UBS. UBS Limited is a company registered in England & Wales under company number 2035362, whose registered office is at 1 Finsbury Avenue, London, EC2M 2PP, United Kingdom. UBS AG (London Branch) is registered as a branch of a foreign company under number BR004507, whose registered office is at 1 Finsbury Avenue, London, EC2M 2PP, United Kingdom. UBS Clearing and Execution Services Limited is a company registered in England & Wales under company number 03123037, whose registered office is at 1 Finsbury Avenue, London, EC2M 2PP, United Kingdom.
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