Re: [R] R 1.2.1 - read.table - factors problem...

Subject: Re: [R] R 1.2.1 - read.table - factors problem...
From: Jim Lemon (bitwrit@ozemail.com.au)
Date: Wed 31 Jan 2001 - 21:23:20 EST

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This _may_ be another example of the "space" problem. Numeric fields
with embedded spaces have often been converted to factors by read.table
(although I confess to not having the latest version). I usually use

tr -d '\40' < oldfile > newfile

to remove the spaces and have no problem.

Jim

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