[R] direct data frame entry

[Gabor Grothendieck]

ivo welch <ivo.welch <at> yale.edu> writes:

> thank you, chaps.  ok, so this is not as straightforward as I had 
> thought.  perhaps the read.table() function should have the ability to 
> read inline (terminated, e.g., by two newlines, or a usersettable 
> string), rather than just from a file.  this would be a nice feature.

Have a look at the my.stdin function at:

  https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2003-June/033622.html

It is intended to be used in a sourced file as shown in the
example there.