[R] 3 basic questions

[Gabriel Rodrigues Alves Margarido]

I have 3 basic questions (sorry, but R is a bit new to me)

First)

The following code will work on C, but something happens with R:

> x<-c(0,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1)
> dim(x)<-c(3,3)
> types<-numeric(3)
> for (i in 1:3) {
+ j<-1
+ while (x[i,j]!=1) j<-j+1
+ if (j==4) types[i]<-0
+ else types[i]<-1
+ }
Error: subscript out of bounds

Any ideas about what is wrong?

Second)

I have a data file like this:
*data1 HHHHHHHHAAAAAABBBBBB...
*data2 HHHHHHHAAAAAABBBBBBB...
When I use read.table, all the characters are read as one variable.
How can I put each of them into a different column? Besides, I want to
discard the labels *data1 and *data2.

Third)

If the same file is like this:
*data1 HHHHHHHHAAAA
       AABBBBB...
*data2 HHHHHHHAAAAA
       ABBBBBB...
Can I read it like the one on question 2 (each data represented by a
line)?

Thank you in advance

Gabriel Margarido