Ben Bolker <bolker <at> ufl.edu> writes: .... > Perhaps read.fwf is what you want? (fwf stands for > "fixed width format"). You would have to work out the > field widths, but it would seem to be pretty straightforward).
> [A little bit of extra verbiage will make gmane happier ...] > > Ben Bolker True, gmane is a bit too strict, but overall it would help improve the clarity if everyone in R-help would use gmane. (To the non-gmanians): the gmane interface to R-help http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.r.general simply refuses to post messages with high quoted/reply ratio. Dieter ______________________________________________ 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.