R-help,

I'm trying to read a data file with plenty of columns.
I just need the first 5 but it doe not work by doing something like:

> mycols <- rep(NULL, 430) ; mycols[c(1:4)] <- NA
> read.table(myfile, skip=2, colClasses=mycols)

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

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