Reading word by word in a dataset
Using R-2.0.0 on WinXPPro, cut-and-pasting the data you have:
read.table("clipboard", colClasses=c("character", "NULL", "NULL"))
V1 1 i1-apple 2 i2-banana 3 i3-strawberry HTH, Andy
From: j lee Hello All, I'd like to read first words in lines into a new file. If I have a data file the following, how can I get the first words: apple, banana, strawberry? i1-apple 10$ New_York i2-banana 5$ London i3-strawberry 7$ Japan Is there any similar question already posted to the list? I am a bit new to R, having a few months of experience now. Cheers, John
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