questions about read datafile into R - R-help

Lu, Zheng · 2008-12-22T19:38:29Z

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Mon, Dec 22, 2008 12:07 PM #

This kind of problem - reading a messy data file - was discussed at
great length just last week. The ideas from that discussion may
help you with your version:
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e5/help/08/12/10404.html

Sarah

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Lu, Zheng <Zheng.Lu at mpi.com> wrote:

Dear all:



I have been thinking to import below one data file (.txt)into R by
read.table(..,skip=1, header=T). But How can I deal with the repeated
rows of TABLE NO.1 and names of data variables in the middle of this
data file. The similar block will be repeated 100 times, here only show
4 of them and within each block, data records also can vary, here only
paste 4 rows for example. I appreciate your consideration and help in
this holiday season. Happy Holiday!



TABLE NO.  1

         ID         GID        TIME         OBS         AMT        EVID
RATE        ADDL          II         CMT          WT        IPRE

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  3.3918E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0500E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.6267E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  9.6000E+01  4.2100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  3.1781E+02

TABLE NO.  1

         ID         GID        TIME         OBS         AMT        EVID
RATE        ADDL          II         CMT          WT        IPRE

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  5.7557E+01

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0500E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  8.8583E+01

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  9.6000E+01  4.2100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  1.7342E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  1.6800E+02  5.3100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.0179E+02

TABLE NO.  1

         ID         GID        TIME         OBS         AMT        EVID
RATE        ADDL          II         CMT          WT        IPRE

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  1.4389E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0500E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.6147E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  9.6000E+01  4.2100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.2634E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  1.6800E+02  5.3100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  4.0733E+02

TABLE NO.  1

         ID         GID        TIME         OBS         AMT        EVID
RATE        ADDL          II         CMT          WT        IPRE

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.0000E+00  1.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  2.2003E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0500E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  3.2116E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  9.6000E+01  4.2100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  3.3642E+02

 3.1000E+01  1.0000E+00  1.6800E+02  5.3100E+02  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.0000E+00  2.4000E-02  4.7881E+02

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zheng

Sarah Goslee
http://www.functionaldiversity.org