Hello, Try this:
You can use the read.table with sep="," if it is comma separated to read the file. test1<-read.table(text=" 0.141 0.242 0.342 0.224 0.342 0.334 0.652 0.682 0.182 ",sep="",header=FALSE) #Read data test1 # V1 V2 V3 #1 0.141 0.242 0.342 #2 0.224 0.342 0.334 #3 0.652 0.682 0.182 #Convert to matrix as it is that you wanted test2<-as.matrix(test1) colnames(test2)<-NULL genelist<-c("Fkh2","Swi5","Sic1") rownames(test2)<-genelist test2 # [,1] [,2] [,3] #Fkh2 0.141 0.242 0.342 #Swi5 0.224 0.342 0.334 #Sic1 0.652 0.682 0.182 #2nd case: As in your example, test1<-read.table(text=" IMAGE:152 0.141 0.242 0.342 IMAGE:262 0.224 0.342 0.334 IMAGE:342 0.652 0.682 0.182 ",sep="",header=FALSE) test2<-as.matrix(test1[-1]) colnames(test2)<-NULL genelist<-c("Fkh2","Swi5","Sic1") rownames(test2)<-genelist test2 # [,1] [,2] [,3] #Fkh2 0.141 0.242 0.342 #Swi5 0.224 0.342 0.334 #Sic1 0.652 0.682 0.182 A.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: biostat1 <sridi...@gmail.com> To: r-help@r-project.org Cc: Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 7:29 PM Subject: [R] Excel file Import - to Matrix format Hi, New to R. Need a bit of help. Thanks I am trying to import data from Excel file. The package I am trying to use requires data in Matrix format. Excel -> R Matrix with the constraint that the very first column in Excel file should became the names for rows of the matrix. Example. Data has 1000 rows and 11 columns. 1st column is the names of Genes 10 coulmns of numerical data. I need to read this into R. it should be a 1000 (row) X 10 Column (Matrix) 1st column of Excel file becomes name of the rows. I am experimenting with reading as data frame (as I am unable to find any info on reading into matrix) split the data frame, etc. Thanks truly appreciate your help. What I need: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4637332/thisWorks2.png http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4637332/doesNotWork1.png -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Excel-file-Import-to-Matrix-format-tp4637332.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.