> On 29 Sep 2016, at 11:40 , Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It's a "factor". read.csv2() defaults to a decimal separator of "," rather > than ".", so the last column doesn't look like numbers, and they're being > read as character strings, and then automatically converted to a factor. > Reading as >
Yep, that's the whole point of read.csv2 -- someone stupidly decided (back in the 90's) that the use of comma as a decimal separator in some languages should extend to storage file formats. That, of course, ruined the CSV standard use of comma as a field separator and prompted the double-standard situation where .csv files can be comma/period or semicolon/comma style, often depending on languages settings, which in turn can make data transfer between different languages an ungodly mess.... As Duncan points out, R provides settings that will (mostly) let you handle csv files that are written in hybrid formats like semicolon/period. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
