[R] New to List - just starting to learn R - question about reading in data

[cryan at binghamton.edu]

I've not had occasion to use it yet, but perhaps read.fwf.  At the R command prompt, type ?read.fwf to learn about it.

--Chris Ryan

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:23:18 -0500
>From: Dirty D <dirtyd at overdetermined.net>  
>Subject: [R] New to List - just starting to learn R - question about reading in data  
>To: r-help at r-project.org
>
>Hi, everyone,
>
>I'm new to R and the List, and excited to be here.  I am coming from a 
>background working in SPSS 16, primarily, which has a lot of easy 
>options for reading in data.  I am working in R in an Ubuntu Linux 
>environment, and I'm learning with R Commander.
>
>Now, here's my question. In my line of work, I'm used to getting data in 
>some kind of flat ASCII format with a separate file indicating which 
>columns correspond to which variables.  In the Venables and Ripley book 
>on S/R that I'm reading, there doesn't seem to be a way to read this 
>kind of data format into R, and I haven't found anything online.
>
>If anyone has the tine, I'd sure appreciate a little guidance. 
>
>Thanks,
>
>DD
>
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