[R] How to import data from a text file in R

[Jim Holtman]

read the 'intro to R' again and then

?scan
?read.table

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On Nov 25, 2012, at 6:29, dilo88 <claudio.diloreto at carloalberto.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to import a 154x1 vector of a stock monthly returns from a text (or
> excel spreadsheet) into R. I need to work on this vector by calculating
> mean, variance and use it for more complex operations. What is the best
> function to do so? There are no headers, just 154 decimale numbers (so there
> also negative numbers).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Claudio
> 
> 
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