Dear R experts Sorry for posting: I have text file that I need to read into R (this is out from different program). A portion of data look like:
;example data 1_1 ch1 0.0 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_2 ch1 0.1 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_3 ch1 0.1 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_4 ch1 0.2 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_5 ch1 0.2 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_6 ch1 0.3 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_7 ch1 0.3 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_8 ch1 0.4 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_9 ch1 0.4 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_10 ch1 0.5 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_11 ch1 0.5 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHAHHHH 1_12 ch1 0.6 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHH 1_13 ch1 0.6 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHH 1_14 ch1 0.7 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHH 1_15 ch1 0.7 HAAAHHAAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAAHAAAHHHAAAHHAHHHAAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAAHAHHHHHAAAHAHHAHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHHHAHAAAAAHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHH read_data <- read.table ("my_text_file.txt",header=F,comment=";") How can I read this into table where columns first five column are maintained as such (e.g. 1_1 ch1 0.0 H ) where as the long single column (filled with A, H, B) split into individual columns. Or alternatively first read using the following command and then able to split the variable 4. Thank you for help; Ram H [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.