[R] problem with read.table( )

[jim holtman]

try:

data <- read.table("data.txt", sep="\t", header = TRUE, as.is=TRUE)


On 5/10/07, Alex Tsoi <tsoi.teen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to input a .txt file by using read.table()
>
> the file data.txt:
>
> Name    ID
> IMAGE:1000031    suid=115221
> IMAGE:1000208    51265
> IMAGE:1000334    64770
> IMAGE:1000365    suid=99969
> IMAGE:1000500    55421
> IMAGE:1000875    64770
> IMAGE:1000892    399655
> IMAGE:1000942    suid=112379
> IMAGE:1007141    5001
> IMAGE:1007150    55
> IMAGE:1007164    suid=117508
> IMAGE:1007167    suid=102504
>
> when I use
> > data <- read.table("data.txt", sep="\t", header = TRUE)
> > data
>            Name          ID
> 1  IMAGE:1000031 suid=115221
> 2  IMAGE:1000208       51265
> 3  IMAGE:1000334       64770
> 4  IMAGE:1000365  suid=99969
> 5  IMAGE:1000500       55421
> 6  IMAGE:1000875       64770
> 7  IMAGE:1000892      399655
> 8  IMAGE:1000942 suid=112379
> 9  IMAGE:1007141        5001
> 10 IMAGE:1007150          55
> 11 IMAGE:1007164 suid=117508
> 12 IMAGE:1007167 suid=102504
>
>
> it seems perfectly fine, however, when I get access to data[1,1] ...
>
> > data[1,1]
> [1] IMAGE:1000031
> 12 Levels: IMAGE:1000031 IMAGE:1000208 IMAGE:1000334 ... IMAGE:1007167
>
> How could I get rid of all the Levels in ALL of the entries.
>
> It bothers me since when I have to assign certain values from data to a new
> matrix b by:
> > b <- matrix(0,1,2)
> > b[1,1] <- data[1,1]
> > b[1,1]
> 1
>
> b[1,1] is 1 instead of the value IMAGE:1000031 I want
>
>
> Greatly Appreciate for any help
> Thanks,
> Alex-
>
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