[R] Entering Data Files

[darnold]

Hi,

Entering data from a given file is the hardest part of learning R for me.
For example, I have this datafile from Moore's text:

Live	Age	Count
Parents	Age19	324
Another	Age19	37
OwnPlace	Age19	116
Group	Age19	58
Other	Age19	5
Parents	Age20	378
Another	Age20	47
OwnPlace	Age20	279
Group	Age20	60
Other	Age20	2
Parents	Age21	337
Another	Age21	40
OwnPlace	Age21	372
Group	Age21	49
Other	Age21	3
Parents	Age22	318
Another	Age22	38
OwnPlace	Age22	487
Group	Age22	25
Other	Age22	9

I can manually enter the numbers and create my table and barplot.

x <- matrix(c(324, 378, 337, 318, 37, 47, 40, 38, 116, 279, 372, 487, 58,
60, 49, 25, 5, 2, 3, 9), c(5,4),byrow=T)
rownames(x)=c("Parents","Another","OwnPlace","Group","Other")
colnames(x)=c("Age19","Age20","Age21","Age22")
x <- as.table(x)

barplot(x,beside=T)

But it would be nice to be able to read the data from the file, arrange it
using R, then plot, if that is possible. Any suggestions?

Thanks

David



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