[R] import data from excel

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Ulises Mora Alvarez <umalvarez at fata.unam.mx> writes:

> Save your data as a ".txt" file (".cvs", also work). Then in the R command window type:
> object <- read.table("route/to/your/file", header = TRUE)
> 
> If any, be sure to include spaces in the route toyour file. The command "header" is optional, should be included if your data include their names.

Those .txt files are Tab-separated so read.delim() is safer in case
you have strings with spaces inside. Or read.delim2() if you're in a
"comma-as-decimal" speaking locale. 

By the way: If you cut-and-paste from a spreadsheet into Notepad or
your favourite text editor, the pasted text will also be
Tab-separated and the same procedure applies. This is useful when
people have been scribbling notes and ad-hoc computations all over the
margins of their spreadsheets as some tend to do.

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