[R] preferred x-delimited data format for R?

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronimirc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all
> What is the preferred spreadsheet-like x-delimited data format for use
> with R? Should I prefer tab-, comma-, space- or
> some_other_delimitor-seprated data?
>
> I'm asking this because I've been once bitten by CSV data containing `
> ' ' (apostrophe) symbols that R couldn't easily digest. Probably no
> the best approach, I've eventually inspected the document and removed
> the apostrophes manually. But I'd rather avoid such issues in the
> future.
>

This is a FAQ.
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.html#Data-Interchange-Format-_0028DIF_0029

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