Try this: lines <- read.table(" http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/viscollin/data/linthall.dat", fill = TRUE, header = TRUE) DF <- do.call(rbind, lapply(split(lines, rep(1:(nrow(lines)/2), each = 2)), function(x)cbind(x[1, 1:13], x[2, 1:4]))) names(DF) <- names(lines)
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Michael Friendly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I read a space-delimited file, where the data values for each case > are folded before column 80, and so appear on two lines for each case? > > The first few cases look like this > > loc type bio H2S sal Eh7 pH buf P K Ca Mg Na Mn Zn Cu NH4 > OI DVEG 676 -610 33 -290 5.00 2.34 20.238 1441.67 2150.00 5169.05 35184.5 > 14.2857 16.4524 5.02381 59.524 > OI DVEG 516 -570 35 -268 4.75 2.66 15.591 1299.19 1844.76 4358.03 28170.4 > 7.7285 13.9852 4.19019 51.378 > OI DVEG 1052 -610 32 -282 4.20 4.18 18.716 1154.27 1750.36 4041.27 26455.0 > 17.8066 15.3276 4.79221 68.788 > OI DVEG 868 -560 30 -232 4.40 3.60 22.821 1045.15 1674.36 3966.08 25072.9 > 49.1538 17.3128 4.09487 82.256 > > The complete data is at: > > http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/viscollin/data/linthall.dat > > thanks, > -Michael > > -- > Michael Friendly Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca Professor, Psychology > Dept. > York University Voice: 416 736-5115 x66249 Fax: 416 736-5814 > 4700 Keele Street http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/friendly.html > Toronto, ONT M3J 1P3 CANADA > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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