[R] New to R and need help

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

"Scott Marley" <azboater at dakotacom.net> writes:

> > x <- read.table("myfile.txt", header=TRUE)
> >
> > There's a number of fine points concerning missing value specification
> > and variable types, for which the help page should be consulted.
> >
> 
> Peter and all others,
> 
> Thank you for your help.  I was able to get the file loaded in.  The data
> set I have is unusual in regards to having spaces inbetween variables.
> Usually the columns lack spaces inbetween in my other data sets.  In SAS I
> would give the variable name then the column #.  Is there a similar
> procedure in R?

Yes, read.fwf() (fixed-width format)

Also note that the "foreign" package will allow you to read datasets
in SAS portable libraries directly. 

(These ones: libname foo xport "foo.xpt";)

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