readr::read_csv produces the desired result by default: readr::read_csv("x1,x2,x3,x4,x5 12,13,,14,, 22,23,24,25,26 ,33,34,34,")
Best, Ista On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 8:40 PM Val <valkr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI all, > I am trying to read a csv file, but have a problem in the row names. > After reading, the name of the first column is now "row.names" and > all other column names are shifted to the right. The value of the last > column become all NAs( as an extra column). > > My sample data looks like as follow, > filename = dat.csv > The first row has a missing value at column 3 and 5. The last row has > a missing value at column 1 and 5 > x1,x2,x3,x4,x5 > 12,13,,14,, > 22,23,24,25,26 > ,33,34,34, > To read the file I used this > > dsh<-read.csv(file="dat.csv",sep=",",row.names=NULL,fill=TRUE,header=TRUE,comment.char > = "", quote = "", stringsAsFactors = FALSE) > > The output from the above is > dsh > > row.names x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 > 1 12 13 NA 14 NA NA > 2 22 23 24 25 26 NA > 3 33 34 34 NA NA > > The name of teh frist column is row,banes and all values of last columns is > NAs > > > However, the desired output should be > x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 > 12 13 NA 14 NA > 22 23 24 25 26 > NA 33 34 34 NA > > > How can I fix this? > Thank you in advance > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.