Hi,
I agree with Sarah that read.table() will much easier in this case.
If you want scan(), then you can try this:
dat1<-scan(what=list("numeric","character","character","numeric"),text="
id name sex age
111 HELEN f 22
112 DONNA f 22
113 ERIC m 21
114 LINDA f 23
115 AXEL m 27
116 Madhuri f 32
117 Tarun m 39
118 Aashirya f 23
119 Nachik m 24
120 Leena f 32
",sep="",skip=2)
dat2<-do.call(data.frame,dat1)
colnames(dat2)<-c("id","name","sex","age")
dat2<-within(dat2,{id<-as.numeric(as.character(id));name<-as.character(name);sex<-as.character(sex);age<-as.numeric(as.character(age))})
str(dat2)
#'data.frame': 10 obs. of 4 variables:
# $ id : num 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
# $ name: chr "HELEN" "DONNA" "ERIC" "LINDA" ...
# $ sex : chr "f" "f" "m" "f" ...
# $ age : num 22 22 21 23 27 32 39 23 24 32
A.K.
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From: killerkarthick <karthick....@gmail.com>
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Subject: [R] How to import data from text file using scan() Function?
Hi....
I have one text file which containing 4 variables with 10 observations.
I would like to import with scan() function. Please give some
suggestion............
Thanks...
Mydata set is.
id name sex age
111 HELEN f 22
112 DONNA f 22
113 ERIC m 21
114 LINDA f 23
115 AXEL m 27
116 Madhuri f 32
117 Tarun m 39
118 Aashirya f 23
119 Nachik m 24
120 Leena f 32
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