[R] newbie question: how to read a file into a matrix

[Arne Henningsen]

Please read the "R Data Import/Export" manual. 
It should be on your harddisk and it is also available from  
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.pdf

Arne

On Thursday 26 August 2004 17:47, Gaby Aguilera wrote:
> I am trying to read a file with 8 columns and about 200 rows into a
> matrix.  I tried something like:
> x<-matrix(data="data.txt", nrow=200, ncol=8) but this produces a
> matrix with "data.txt" in it.  Is there a way to read the data in?
>
> Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.  Thank you!
>
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