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...riginal data is .DAT. I then utilized "names" function to read in column headings. For one column, PRVDR_NUM, I wish to further amend the entire data set, but only have PRVDR_NUM == 050108. This is where I'm having trouble. I've tried code like this: newinpatient <- subset(oldinpatient, oldinpatient$PRVDR_NUM == 050108) #OR newinpatient <- oldinpatient[oldinpatient$PRVDR_NUM == 050108, ] #OR providernum <- data.frame(newdim(PRVDR_NUM = c(050108)) newinpatient <- merge(providernum, oldinpatient) With checking "class" at one point, I gathered that R interprets P...