[Rd] strange behaviour read.table and clipboard
PIKAL Petr
petr.pikal at precheza.cz
Wed Aug 16 10:37:22 CEST 2017
Hi
recent version, and the problem is also in most recent version (r73093 - tested on different PC)
> version
_
platform i386-w64-mingw32
arch i386
os mingw32
system i386, mingw32
status Under development (unstable)
major 3
minor 5.0
year 2017
month 07
day 31
svn rev 73003
language R
version.string R Under development (unstable) (2017-07-31 r73003)
nickname Unsuffered Consequences
>
> str(ll <- readLines("clipboard"))
chr [1:2846] "a1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" ...
Warning message:
In readLines("clipboard") : incomplete final line found on 'clipboard'
> diff(which(ll=="a1"))
[1] 1365 1365
>
>
> str(ll <- readLines("clipboard"))
chr [1:2846] "a1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" ...
> diff(which(ll=="a1"))
[1] 1365 1365
================================================================
version 11.01.2017
> version
_
platform x86_64-w64-mingw32
arch x86_64
os mingw32
system x86_64, mingw32
status Under development (unstable)
major 3
minor 4.0
year 2017
month 01
day 11
svn rev 71964
language R
version.string R Under development (unstable) (2017-01-11 r71964)
nickname Unsuffered Consequences
> str(ll <- readLines("clipboard"))
chr "str(ll <- readLines(\"clipboard\"))"
> str(ll <- readLines("clipboard"))
chr [1:2846] "a1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" "1" ...
> diff(which(ll=="a1"))
integer(0)
>
So it works for R-devel version from the beginning of this year.
Cheers
Petr
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Maechler [mailto:maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 9:41 AM
> To: PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>
> Cc: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>; r-devel at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Rd] strange behaviour read.table and clipboard
>
> >>>>> PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>
> >>>>> on Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:25:48 +0000 writes:
>
> > Hi Duncan The simples spreadsheet is:
>
> > Put a name in the cell, let say "a1" Put number e.g. 1
> > below "a1" Copy the number to enough rows Select this
> > column and press ctrl-c
>
> > result is
>
> >> temp<- read.delim("clipboard") str(temp)
> > 'data.frame': 1513 obs. of 1 variable: $ a1: Factor w/ 2
> > levels "1","a1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
> >> which(temp$a1=="a1")
> > [1] 1365
> >>
>
> To make this much easier to diagnose,
> use something like
>
> str(ll <- readLines("clipboard"))
>
> and do this both in R 3.4.1 (or R 3.4.1 patched) and R-devel.
> (very easy if you use Emacs ESS also on Windows and have several versions of
> R installed)
>
> I just did that and both versions of R behaved identically, i.e., returned the
> same 'll'
>
> (I've tried with different versions of Copy regions from excel; my version of
> Windows (2008 Server R2, fully uptodate with
> updates) is very different than yours; Office is said to be Office 2013).
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>
> > I tested it in vanilla R
>
> >> sessionInfo()
> > R Under development (unstable) (2017-07-31 r73003)
> > Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) Running under:
> > Windows 10 x64 (build 14393)
>
> > Matrix products: default
>
> > locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=Czech_Czech Republic.1250
> > LC_CTYPE=Czech_Czech Republic.1250 [3]
> > LC_MONETARY=Czech_Czech Republic.1250 LC_NUMERIC=C [5]
> > LC_TIME=Czech_Czech Republic.1250
>
> > attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils
> > datasets methods base
>
> > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1]
> > compiler_3.5.0
> >>
>
> > Excel 16 or 15 I am not sure.
>
> > R-devel 2015 (69443) works as expected so it started a
> > believe around May or June this year, when I installed new
> > R version.
>
> > I hope it could help to trace the problem. If I can help
> > any further, let me know.
>
> > Best regards Petr
>
>
>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Murdoch
> >> [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August
> >> 16, 2017 12:35 AM To: PIKAL Petr
> >> <petr.pikal at precheza.cz>; r-devel at r-project.org Subject:
> >> Re: [Rd] strange behaviour read.table and clipboard
> >>
> >> On 15/08/2017 10:03 AM, PIKAL Petr wrote: > Dear all
> >> >
> >> > I used to transfer data from excel to R by simple
> >> ctrl-c and read.delim("clipboard") construction. I know
> >> it is a bad practice but it is easy and for quick
> >> exploratory work it is OK. However after changing to new
> >> R devel few days ago I encountered weird behaviour. I
> >> tried one or two columns.
> >>
> >> You haven't posted something that is reproducible. I
> >> don't have Excel, but I can cut and paste from
> >> Libreoffice, and I don't see this. However, it's not the
> >> same spreadsheet as you used, so I wouldn't be
> >> comfortable saying I did what you did.
> >>
> >> Please reduce the size of your spreadsheet if you can,
> >> and then post instructions for how to construct it, and
> >> what to cut and paste from it. Then others can try what
> >> you did and see if this is specific to your machine, to
> >> that particular version of R-devel, to Excel, etc.
> >>
> >> Duncan Murdoch
> >>
> >>
> >> > In case of 2 columns, header is repeated after 526
> >> items >> mar<-read.delim("clipboard") >>
> >> which(mar$a2=="a1") > [1] 525 1051 1577 >>
> >> diff(which(mar$a2=="a1")) > [1] 526 526 > and only first
> >> header item is repeated.
> >> >
> >> > In case of one column, header is repeated after 1107
> >> items
> >> >
> >> >> mar<-read.delim("clipboard") >>
> >> diff(which(mar$a2=="a2")) > [1] 1107 1107
> >> >
> >> > And all items in object are therefore changed to
> >> factor.
> >> >
> >> > BTW, readxl package works on same excel file smoothly.
> >> >
> >> > I will try to download the most recent R version to
> >> check it, but it could take some time due to our IT
> >> issues.
> >> >
> >> > Best regards > Petr
> >> >
> >> >> version > _ > platform x86_64-w64-mingw32 > arch
> >> x86_64 > os mingw32 > system x86_64, mingw32 > status
> >> Under development (unstable) > major 3 > minor 5.0 > year
> >> 2017 > month 07 > day 31 > svn rev 73003 > language R >
> >> version.string R Under development (unstable) (2017-07-31
> >> r73003) > nickname Unsuffered Consequences
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> > uzavření smlouvy, a to z jakéhokoliv důvodu i bez uvedení
> > důvodu. - a obsahuje-li nabídku, je adresát oprávněn
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> > (nabídky) vylučuje přijetí nabídky ze strany příjemce s
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> > příslušná smlouva je uzavřena teprve výslovným dosažením
> > shody na všech jejích náležitostech. - odesílatel tohoto
> > emailu informuje, že není oprávněn uzavírat za společnost
> > žádné smlouvy s výjimkou případů, kdy k tomu byl písemně
> > zmocněn nebo písemně pověřen a takové pověření nebo plná
> > moc byly adresátovi tohoto emailu případně osobě, kterou
> > adresát zastupuje, předloženy nebo jejich existence je
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V případě, že je tento e-mail součástí obchodního jednání:
- vyhrazuje si odesílatel právo ukončit kdykoliv jednání o uzavření smlouvy, a to z jakéhokoliv důvodu i bez uvedení důvodu.
- a obsahuje-li nabídku, je adresát oprávněn nabídku bezodkladně přijmout; Odesílatel tohoto e-mailu (nabídky) vylučuje přijetí nabídky ze strany příjemce s dodatkem či odchylkou.
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- odesílatel tohoto emailu informuje, že není oprávněn uzavírat za společnost žádné smlouvy s výjimkou případů, kdy k tomu byl písemně zmocněn nebo písemně pověřen a takové pověření nebo plná moc byly adresátovi tohoto emailu případně osobě, kterou adresát zastupuje, předloženy nebo jejich existence je adresátovi či osobě jím zastoupené známá.
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