[R] remove commas in a number when reading a text file

[Peter Alspach]

Tena koe Eric

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HTH ...

Peter Alspach

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> project.org] On Behalf Of Lee, Eric
> Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2011 3:49 a.m.
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> Subject: [R] remove commas in a number when reading a text file
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running version R x64 v2.12.2 on a 64bit windows 7 PC.  I'm trying
> to read a text file using read.table where the values have a format
> like "1,234,567".  What I want is "1234567".  Is there a quick way to
> strip out the commas?  I can use strsplit and paste, but the file is
> quite large and would take some time.  Thanks.
> 
> Eric
> 
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