[R] how to import such data to R?

[ronggui]

the data file has such structure:

     1992       6245         49          .          .         20          1
        0          0   8.739536          0          .          .          .
        .          .          .          .          .            "alabama"
        .          0          .
     1993       7677         58          .          .         15          1
        0          0   8.945984          1          .          0   .2064476
       -5          0          .          0   8.739536            "alabama"
        9          0          0
     1992      13327         57         36         58         16          0
        0          0   9.497547          0         47          .          .
        .          .          .          0          .            "arizona"
        .          0          .
     1993      19860         57         36         58         16          1
        1          0   9.896463          1         47          0   .3989162
        0          1          0          1   9.497547            "arizona"
        0          1          1
     1992      10422         37         28         58         20          0
        0          0   9.251675          0         43          .          .
        .          .          .         -1          .      "arizona state"
        .          0          .

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the data descriptions is:

variable names:

year      apps      top25     ver500    mth500    stufac    bowl      btitle   
finfour   lapps     d93       avg500    cfinfour  clapps    cstufac   cbowl    
cavg500   cbtitle   lapps_1   school    ctop25    bball     cbball    

  Obs:   118

  1. year                     1992 or 1993
  2. apps                     # applics for admission
  3. top25                    perc frosh class in 25th high sch percen
  4. ver500                   perc frosh >= 500 on verbal SAT
  5. mth500                   perc frosh >= 500 on math SAT
  6. stufac                   student-faculty ratio
  7. bowl                     = 1 if bowl game in prev year
  8. btitle                   = 1 if men's cnf chmps prev year
  9. finfour                  = 1 if men's final 4 prev year
 10. lapps                    log(apps)
 11. d93                      =1 if year = 1993
 12. avg500                   (ver500+mth500)/2
 13. cfinfour                 change in finfour
 14. clapps                   change in lapps
 15. cstufac                  change in stufac
 16. cbowl                    change in bowl
 17. cavg500                  change in avg500
 18. cbtitle                  change in btitle
 19. lapps_1                  lapps lagged
 20. school                   university name
 21. ctop25                   change in top25
 22. bball                    =1 if btitle or finfour
 23. cbball                   change in bball


so the each four lines represent  one case,can some variables are numeric and some are character.
I though the scan can read it in ,but it seems somewhat tricky as the mixed type of variables.any suggestions?

the attachmen is the raw data and the description of the data. 				


2005-10-15

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