How about, "don't avoid them, use them"? dta <- read.table( " http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4577757/rabata.txt rabata.txt", as.is=TRUE, skip=4, sep="\t" )
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. sagarnikam123 <sagarnikam...@gmail.com> wrote: >i have uploaded file,but when i am opening it in R,using > >> u<-file(file.choose(),"r") >>k<-readLines(u) >>k >> k[1:120] > >is has all /t (tabs)& newlines, how to avoid it, >can i take first 3 columns only in table form (lines starts with # not >important for me) > >uploaded file:- >http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4577757/rabata.txt rabata.txt > >-- >View this message in context: >http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/how-to-avoid-newlines-tabs-in-file-opening-tp4577757p4577757.html >Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >______________________________________________ >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. ______________________________________________ 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.