Consider the following....

> fileLines
      V1       V2    V3    V4     V5     V6    V7     V8
1     AB 20091224 156.0 156.0 154.00 154.00    55   1198
2   AB.C 20091224 156.0 156.0 156.00 156.00     0      0
3  ABF10 20091224 156.0 156.0 156.00 156.00    55    444
4  ABH10 20091224 156.0 156.0 156.00 156.00     0    749
5  ABH11 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
6  ABH12 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
7  ABK10 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      5
8  ABK11 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
9  ABN10 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
10 ABN11 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
11 ABV10 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
12 ABV11 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
13 ABZ10 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
14 ABZ11 20091224 157.2 157.2 157.20 157.20     0      0
15    RS 20091224 395.0 395.0 381.42 381.42 12918 100618
16  RS.C 20091224 395.0 399.1 395.00 398.70  1680      0
17 RSF10 20091224 395.0 399.1 395.00 398.70  2277   3081
18 RSF11 20091224 420.3 420.3 420.30 420.30    50    203
19 RSF12 20091224 415.5 415.5 415.50 415.50     0      0
20 RSH10 20091224 401.1 403.9 399.50 403.60  9925  79548
21 RSH11 20091224 419.2 419.2 419.20 419.20     0    193
22 RSK10 20091224 406.9 409.9 406.40 409.90   264   5769
23 RSK11 20091224 415.5 415.5 415.50 415.50     0      0
24 RSN10 20091224 414.7 415.2 410.00 415.20   189   6391
25 RSN11 20091224 415.5 415.5 415.50 415.50     0      2
26 RSX10 20091224 414.9 417.9 413.00 417.30   213   5431
27 RSX11 20091224 415.5 415.5 415.50 415.50     0      0
28    WF 20091224 363.0 363.0 363.00 363.00     0      0
29    WW 20091224 152.0 152.0 152.00 152.00     0      0

> attributes (fileLines)
$names
[1] "V1" "V2" "V3" "V4" "V5" "V6" "V7" "V8"

$class
[1] "data.frame"

$row.names
 [1]  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25
[26] 26 27 28 29

> fileLines[1,2]
[1] 20091224
As expected!

> fileLines[1,3]
[1] 156
As expected!

> fileLines[1,1]
[1] AB
29 Levels: AB AB.C ABF10 ABH10 ABH11 ABH12 ABK10 ABK11 ABN10 ABN11 ... WW
Doh!

How do I access the "AB" element directly?

Nick

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