[R] i'm so stuck with text file and contour plot

[David Winsemius]

I think he may also need to add the header=TRUE argument:

tdat <- read.csv("http://www.nabble.com/file/p24777697/small.txt",  
header=TRUE, sep="\t")

Note: read.table with those arguments should have worked as well.

And then use names(tdat) <- c(<less bloated list of variable names>)

Perhaps along these lines:
tdnames <- names(tdat)
tdnames

#####------don't paste----------
[1] "Placename"
[2] "X_coord"
[3] "Y_coord"
[4] "Jan.to.Dec.2006.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km"
[5] "Jan.to.Dec.2007.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km"
[6] "Jan.to.Oct.2008.Stroke.Density.per.sq.km"
[7] "Total.Strokes.per.sq.km.for.Jan.2006.to.Oct.2008"
#######-------------

  names(tdat)[4:7] <- c("Strk.dens.2006", "Strk.dens.2007", "Strk.dens. 
2008", "cumStrk.2006_8")

            # cannot use variable names that begin with numbers  
without special efforts
tdat       # now can be displayed more economically

-- 
David

On Aug 2, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Mark Difford wrote:

>
> Hannes,
>
>>> been trying to read a text file that contains heading in the first  
>>> line
>>> in to R but cant.
>
> You want the following:
>
> ##
> TDat <- read.csv("small.txt", sep="\t")
> TDat
> str(TDat)
>
> See ?read.csv
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
>
> hannesPretorius wrote:
>>
>> Ok i feel pretty stupid.. been trying to read a text file that  
>> contains
>> heading in the first line in to R but cant. all i need to do is  
>> make a
>> contour plot for a friend but after weeks i feel like giving up.. i
>> included the first few lines of the file.. any help will be great
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Hannes http://www.nabble.com/file/p24777697/small.txt small.txt
>>
>
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David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT