[R] Line numbers of scan(0

[David Winsemius]

On Apr 28, 2011, at 11:07 PM, Lisa wrote:

> I am trying to write a function to check unusual values in my  
> datasets and
> correct them. As some R users suggested, I try to use readline() and  
> scan()
> in my function. Suppose there are several unusual values in a  
> dataset. I
> want to change the line numbers in scan() to something like: unusual  
> value
> 1, unusual value 2 and so on. I think this can make the correction  
> much
> easier.
>

Read the data in and process them. scan() is not the right tool for  
that. It is a low level function on which read.table and its kin are  
based.

(Also ... do read the Posting Guide and learn to include context in  
your questions.)
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT