I am using read.table to import a text file within R.
 
There are several "errors" in my text file.  An "extra" quotation mark has 
inadvertently been included within a few text fields. 

 
e.g. for a pipe (|) delimited text file, I have something similar to this:
 
1|7|30| "dog"
2|6|25| ""cat"
3|4|20|""
4|5| 56| "mouse"
5|3|56| ""horse"
6|56| ""
 
In the above example| there are extra quotation marks within the fields for cat 
and horse. (row 2 and row 5)
 
e.g. "cat , "horse
 
One solution is to simply edit the text file and remove the extra quotation 
mark.
 
Is there a "good solution" I can implement form within R?
 
I am OK with just importing the extra quotation marks and having nit show up as 
part of the text field within R.
 
e.g,
"cat
"horse
 
Thanks.


      
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