[R] Working around 256 byte variable names? + trouble opening large file

[Erik Iverson]

> I did just try to do that, and it is still returning the same error when I
> try to attach the csv file..
> 
> > vc1<-read.table("P:\\R\\Everything-I.csv",header=T, sep=" ", dec=".",
> na.strings=NA, strip.white=T)
> > attach(vc1)
> Error in attach(vc1) : variable names are limited to 256 bytes
> 
> Each variable name is only 5 to 6 characters long, but I'm sure you're
> right about R reading the entire header line as one variable.
> I cannot figure out though, how to stop it from doing so.
> 
> sep=" ", or sep="," do not seem to work either, though I don't know if it
> is the right thing to be trying.
> 

You will certainly need to specify the correct "sep" argument, and if it is truly a CSV file, that is NOT " ", but ","  Why don't you paste/attach the first few lines of your .csv file for inspection if all else fails?  What about the unmatched quote idea from a previous post??