To combine the date/time fields into one and rename the variables, use this:
> dta V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 1 2010.12.26 00:00:52 688.88 11.69 43 2 2010.12.26 00:01:52 696.19 11.69 43 > dta <- data.frame(date=strptime(paste(dta$V1, dta$V2), "%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S"), V2=dta$V3, V3=dta$V4, V4=dta$V5) > dta date V2 V3 V4 1 2010-12-26 00:00:52 688.88 11.69 43 2 2010-12-26 00:01:52 696.19 11.69 43 > str(dta) 'data.frame': 2 obs. of 4 variables: $ date: POSIXct, format: "2010-12-26 00:00:52" "2010-12-26 00:01:52" $ V2 : num 689 696 $ V3 : num 11.7 11.7 $ V4 : num 43 43 ---------------------------------------------- David L Carlson Associate Professor of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4352 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of arun > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 2:35 PM > To: Simonas Kecorius > Cc: R help > Subject: Re: [R] split character line into rows > > Hi, > This could also work: > max(nchar(txt)) > #[1] 58 > res<- > read.table(text=substr(txt[nchar(txt)>20],5,58),sep="",dec=",",header=F > ALSE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) > res > # V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 > #1 2010.12.26 00:00:52 688.88 11.69 43 > #2 2010.12.26 00:01:52 696.19 11.69 43 > A.K. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> > To: Simonas Kecorius <simolas2...@gmail.com> > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 3:15 PM > Subject: Re: [R] split character line into rows > > > On Dec 17, 2012, at 4:04 AM, Simonas Kecorius wrote: > > > Hey R users, > > > > suppose we have data: > > > txt <- readLines(textConnection("[1] 2010.12.26 00:00:52 688,88 > 11,69 43,00 > [2] 11,69 43,00 > [3] 11,69 43,00 > [4] 11,69 43,00 > [5] 11,69 43,00 > [6] 11,69 43,00 > [7] 11,69 43,00 > [8] 11,69 43,00 > [9] 11,69 43,00 > [10] 11,69 43,00 > [11] 11,69 43,00 > [12] 11,69 43,00 > [13] 11,69 43,00 > [14] 11,69 43,00 > [15] 11,69 43,00 > [16] 11,69 43,00 > [17] 11,69 43,00 > [18] 11,69 43,00 > [19] 11,69 43,00 > [20] 11,69 43,00 > [21] 11,69 43,00 > [22] 11,69 43,00 > [23] 11,69 43,00 > [24] 11,69 43,00 > [25] 11,69 43,00 > [26] 11,69 43,00 > [27] 11,69 43,00 > [28] 11,69 43,00 > [29] 11,69 43,00 > [30] 11,69 43,00 > [31] 11,69 43,00 > [32] 11,69 43,00 > [33] 11,69 43,00 > [34] 11,69 43,00 > [35] 11,69 43,00 > [36] 11,69 43,00 > [37] 11,69 43,00 > [38] 11,69 43,00 > [39] 11,69 43,00 > [40] 11,69 43,00 > [41] 11,69 43,00 > [42] 11,69 43,00 > [43] 11,69 43,00 > [44] 11,69 43,00 > [45] 11,69 43,00 > [46] 11,69 43,00 > [47] 11,69 43,00 > [48] 11,69 43,00 > [49] 11,69 43,00 > [50] 11,69 43,00 > [51] 11,69 43,00 > [52] 11,69 43,00 > [53] 11,69 43,00 > [54] 11,69 43,00 > [55] 11,69 43,00 > [56] 11,69 43,00 > [57] 11,69 43,00 > [58] 11,69 43,00 > [59] 11,69 43,00 > [60] 11,69 43,00 > [61] 2010.12.26 00:01:52 696,19 11,69 43,00 > [62] 11,69 43,00 > [63] 11,69 43,00 > [64] 11,69 43,00 > [65] 11,69 43,00 > [66] 11,69 43,00")) > > txt <- sub("\\[.+\\]","", txt) > read.table(text=txt[ grepl("[[:digit:]]{4}\\.", txt) ] ) > V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 > 1 2010.12.26 00:00:52 688,88 11,69 43,00 > 2 2010.12.26 00:01:52 696,19 11,69 43,00 > > Since you seemed to be using commas for decimal points I thought search > for "NNNN." as a pattern might be sufficient, but you could extend that > to a full date matching pattern if needed. > > > > ..................................... etc. > > > > Is there a way to split data into date column, V2, V3 and V4 columns > and > > erase those lines without date, so that data would look like that: > > > > date V2 V3 V4 > > 2010.12.26 00:01:52 555 11.67 44 > > 2010.12.26 00:02:52 566 11.67 44 > > > > etc. > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > > -- > > Simonas Kecorius > > ** > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > Please read the Posting Guide and learn to post in plain text. > > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.