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Message-ID: <4B3B71A9.1020905@braverock.com>
Date: 2009-12-30T15:28:41Z
From: Brian G. Peterson
Subject: read data
In-Reply-To: <c17037a10912300724l36664115n7c79fd40c23a6823@mail.gmail.com>

ShyhWeir Tzang wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> I need to read a data file in text type. However, the data is interspersed
> with headings in the following format:
>
> header1  header2 header3
> 1              2            3
> 4              5            6
> ....
> (space)
>  header1  header2 header3
> (space)
> 11                 22          33
> 44                 55          66
> ...
>  (space)
>  header1  header2 header3
> (space)
> 111             222          333
> 444             555          666
> ...
>
> Is there any way to read the data without importing the headers? Any
> suggestion is highly appreciated.
> Thanks for help.
1> RTFM
2> read the list archives. this question has been answered only a few 
days ago
3> direct these kinds of non-finance questions to r-help

  - Brian