[R] load data with scientific notations

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Thu May 12 20:07:18 CEST 2005


Just read them like any other numbers; e.g.:

> x <- scan(sep=",")
1: 9.1642537e+003, 6.7195295e+003, 4.8834487e+003, 3.7181589e+003
5: [hit ctrl-d]
Read 4 items
> x
[1] 9164.254 6719.529 4883.449 3718.159

Andy


> From: Luke Zhou
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a data file whose values are scientific notations, for example:
> 
> 9.1642537e+003, 6.7195295e+003, 4.8834487e+003, 3.7181589e+003, ...
> 
> How to load such data into R?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Luke
> 
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