[R] Importing from Fortan

[David Winsemius]

On Oct 10, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Spartina wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> how do I import a Fortran file (f3.1) into one column in R? I've  
> tried this
> (I'm a total beginner as you can see):
>
>> FortranData<-read.fwf("C:\\Users\\format3_1.txt",rep(3,20))
> Warning message:
> In readLines(file, n = thisblock) :
>  incomplete final line found on 'C:\Users\format3_1.txt'
>> FortranData
>   V1  V2  V3  V4  V5  V6  V7  V8  V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17  
> V18
> V19 V20
> 1 2.2 3.3 4.2 2.1 3.4 2.3 2.3 4.2 2.1 3.4 2.3 2.3 4.2 2.1 3.4 2.3  
> 2.3 4.2
> 2.1 3.4
>
> As you can see, each datum gets imported into a separate column,  
> whereas I'd
> like to have everything stored under V1.

Have you considered transposing the result? If this is a multiple line  
file that you wnat to "straighten out" completely you could first  
convert to matrix, transpose, and then wrap in c() to get a vector of  
values.

> I'm also unsure as to what the
> error message means.

It's not an error. It's only a warning. It just menans there is not  
end of line marker on the last line.

>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Léa
>
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David Winsemius, MD
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