[R] How to read unbalanced data from file?

[Petr Pikal]

On 11 Oct 2004 at 11:45, wfang wrote:

> Hi,
>    I tried to read some unbalance data (with different number if rows)
>    
> using x<- read.table("filename", header = true) command, but the
> program refuses to read the table. Could you tell me why this is

Hallo

Your OS, your R version is missing, but having this:

a	b	d	e
1	1	1	1
2	2	2	2
3		3	3
4		4	
5		5	
		6	

read.delim("clipboard")

produces

> mydata<-read.delim("clipboard")
   a  b d  e
1  1  1 1  1
2  2  2 2  2
3  3 NA 3  3
4  4 NA 4 NA
5  5 NA 5 NA
6 NA NA 6 NA

so it ***do not refuse*** to read the data. I do not expect some 
dwarf climbs out from your computer and says he will not read 
your data. Or is he? 

?read.table 

gives you more details about how to read some data.

Cheers
Petr


> happening and how to fix it? I just want to create a ANOVA table.
>    Thanks.
>    Wenyi
> 
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Petr Pikal
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