[R] Odd result

Michael Dewey ||@t@ @end|ng |rom dewey@myzen@co@uk
Sun Sep 24 11:58:57 CEST 2023


Dear David

To get the first 46 rows just do KurtzData[1:43,]

However really you want to find out why it happened. It looks as though 
the .csv file you read has lots of blank lines at the end. I would open 
it in an editor to check that.

Michael

On 23/09/2023 23:55, Parkhurst, David wrote:
> With help from several people, I used file.choose() to get my file name, and read.csv() to read in the file as KurtzData.  Then when I print KurtzData, the last several lines look like this:
> 39   5/31/22              16.0      341    1.75525 0.0201 0.0214   7.00
> 40   6/28/22  2:00 PM      0.0      215    0.67950 0.0156 0.0294     NA
> 41   7/25/22 11:00 AM      11.9   1943.5        NA     NA 0.0500   7.80
> 42   8/31/22                  0    220.5        NA     NA 0.0700  30.50
> 43   9/28/22              0.067     10.9        NA     NA 0.0700  10.20
> 44  10/26/22              0.086      237        NA     NA 0.1550  45.00
> 45   1/12/23  1:00 PM     36.26    24196        NA     NA 0.7500 283.50
> 46   2/14/23  1:00 PM     20.71       55        NA     NA 0.0500   2.40
> 47                                              NA     NA     NA     NA
> 48                                              NA     NA     NA     NA
> 49                                              NA     NA     NA     NA
> 
> Then the NA�s go down to one numbered 973.  Where did those extras likely come from, and how do I get rid of them?  I assume I need to get rid of all the lines after #46,  to do calculations and graphics, no?
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> David
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