[R] How to import data from text file using scan() Function?

[arun]

Hi,


I agree with Sarah that read.table() will much easier in this case.
If you want scan(), then you can try this:
dat1<-scan(what=list("numeric","character","character","numeric"),text="
id    name    sex    age
111    HELEN    f    22
112    DONNA    f    22
113    ERIC    m    21
114    LINDA    f    23
115    AXEL    m    27
116    Madhuri    f    32
117    Tarun    m    39
118    Aashirya    f    23
119    Nachik    m    24
120    Leena    f    32
",sep="",skip=2)
dat2<-do.call(data.frame,dat1)
colnames(dat2)<-c("id","name","sex","age")
dat2<-within(dat2,{id<-as.numeric(as.character(id));name<-as.character(name);sex<-as.character(sex);age<-as.numeric(as.character(age))})
 str(dat2)
#'data.frame':    10 obs. of  4 variables:
# $ id  : num  111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
# $ name: chr  "HELEN" "DONNA" "ERIC" "LINDA" ...
# $ sex : chr  "f" "f" "m" "f" ...
# $ age : num  22 22 21 23 27 32 39 23 24 32
A.K.



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From: killerkarthick <karthick.gdi at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:14 AM
Subject: [R] How to import data from text file using scan() Function?

Hi....
     I have one text file which containing 4 variables with 10 observations.
I would like to import with scan() function. Please give some
suggestion............
Thanks...
Mydata set is.

id    name    sex    age
111    HELEN    f    22
112    DONNA    f    22
113    ERIC    m    21
114    LINDA    f    23
115    AXEL    m    27
116    Madhuri    f    32
117    Tarun    m    39
118    Aashirya    f    23
119    Nachik    m    24
120    Leena    f    32



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