Error importing data - wrapping?
txt <- c("A B C D E", "A 1232 0.565", "B 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656",
"C 2323 0.5656", "D 2323 0.5656", "E 2323 0.5656", "F 2323 0.5656",
"G 2323 0.5656", "G 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656")
z <- read.table(text=txt, fill=TRUE, header=TRUE)
str(z)
#'data.frame': 8 obs. of 5 variables:
# $ A: Factor w/ 7 levels "A","B","C","D",..: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7
# $ B: int 1232 2323 2323 2323 2323 2323 2323 2323
# $ C: num 0.565 0.566 0.566 0.566 0.566 ...
# $ D: num NA 0.566 NA NA NA ...
# $ E: num NA 0.566 NA NA NA ...
If your file contains extra spaces or tabs at the ends of the lines it
is possible that using sep="\t" may mess things up: using an explicit
'sep' argument means that you have to use it consistently as a separator.
Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com
On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Kate Ignatius <kate.ignatius at gmail.com>
wrote:
I've tried colClasses="character", fill=T, as.is=T, header=F, sep="\t", read.csv; read.delim, read.csv2, read.delim2.... don't know what else to try. On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 11:13 AM, MacQueen, Don <macqueen1 at llnl.gov> wrote:
Some indication of what you have tried would be useful. Assuming you are using read.table(), then the "fill" argument of read.table() might be
what
you need. If you look at the help for read.table you will find:
From ?read.table:
fill: logical. If 'TRUE' then in case the rows have unequal length,
blank fields are implicitly added. See 'Details'.
--
Don MacQueen
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Ave., L-627
Livermore, CA 94550
925-423-1062
On 5/9/15, 7:59 AM, "Kate Ignatius" <kate.ignatius at gmail.com> wrote:
I have some data that I've trouble importing... A B C D E A 1232 0.565 B 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656 C 2323 0.5656 D 2323 0.5656 E 2323 0.5656 F 2323 0.5656 G 2323 0.5656 G 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656 When I input the data it seems to go like this: SampleID ItemB ItemC ItemD ItemE A 1232 0.565 B 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656 C 2323 0.5656 D 2323 0.5656 E 2323 0.5656 F 2323 0.5656 G 2323 0.5656 G 2323 0.5656 0.5656 0.5656 with the last two columns (or the two columns with vast amounts of missing data which are usually the last two = see SampleB) wrapping around - is there away to prevent this? Thanks!
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