[R] read.table

[Peter Dalgaard]

Ingo Holz wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I want to read a ascii-file using the function read.table.
>  With 'skip' and 'nrows' I can select the rows to read from this file.
>
>  Is there a way to select columns (in the selected rows)?
>   
Yes, use the colClasses argument.
(I won't rewrite the help page here; I expect that you can read it once
you know where to look.)

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