Dear List

I have a fixed width file with variables of varying width. The help is
pretty transparent for this feature, but I can't seem to figure out how
I can make effective use of the package with my data.

In my dataset, the first 80 columns are of width 1 followed by other
variables with width larger than 1.

I think the correct way to do this, by brute force, would be

> read.fwf(dataset, 1,1,1,...,1,5,...).

I'm sure I do not need to actually enter 80 "1"s, correct? How might I
do this more effectively?

Harold

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