Avoiding "." when importing from csv

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See the help, especially argument 'check.names'.

Hi guys, another question today:

If I import an external csv-file with headers (with read.csv2), the blanks
are interpreted as points. So "Test 1" becomes "Test.1".

Is there a way to change this?

Thanks,

Thomas

I'm using XP and R 2.6.1

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See the help, especially argument 'check.names'.

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Thomas Schwander wrote:

Hi guys, another question today:

If I import an external csv-file with headers (with read.csv2), the blanks
are interpreted as points. So "Test 1" becomes "Test.1".

Is there a way to change this?

Thanks,

Thomas
Depending on the ultimate need, you can also use the csv.get function in 
the Hmisc package.  csv.get keeps the original column names as variable 
labels, then transforms the names to become legal R names as with 
read.csv.  In the new version there is also an option to read the 
variable labels from another row.

Frank Harrell