Message-ID: <3D50F3CA.9030201@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr>
Date: 2002-08-07T10:17:46Z
From: Florent BATY
Subject: Reading characters using read.table()
Hello,
I need to read a vector containing names of different variables from a
text file (a unique column). Among them one is called "T". When I use
the function read.table with default arguments and when I call the
element of the data frame corresponding to name of this variable it
returns me the logical value "TRUE" whereas I was expected it to return
the character "T".
Is it possible to specify the type data expected in a data frame when
using the read.table function in order to make it unable to interpret
"T" as "True" ?? Or is there any other functions enabling to import text
data from a text file ??
Thanks in advance,
Florent
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Florent BATY
CNRS UMR 5558
Dynamique des Populations Bact?riennes
Facult? de M?decine Lyon-Sud
69921 OULLINS, BP 12
FRANCE
tel : +33 (0)4 78 86 31 67
fax : +33 (0)4 78 86 31 49
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