Dear Jim, Dear all, thanks a lot. Unfortunately, I get the following error: st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean)Error in tapply(seq_len(0L), list(`MyData$date` = c(913L, 914L, 925L, : arguments must have same length This is particularly strange. indeed, if I apply mean(MyData$str1,na.rm=TRUE) it works Sorry, I have to learn a lot. You are really boosting me Diego On 31 July 2018 at 11:02, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi Diego, > One way you can get daily means is: > > st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean) > st2_daily<-by(MyData$st2,MyData$date,mean) > st3_daily<-by(MyData$st3,MyData$date,mean) > > Jim > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear all, > > I have found the error, my fault. Sorry. > > There was an extra come in the headers line. > > Thanks again. > > > > If I can I would like to ask you another questions about the imported > data. > > I would like to compute the daily average of the different date. > Basically I > > have hourly data, I would like to ave the daily mean of them. > > > > Is there some special commands? > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > > > Diego > > > > > > On 31 July 2018 at 10:40, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Dear all, > >> I move to csv file because originally the date where in csv file. > >> In addition, due to the fact that, as you told me, read.csv is a special > >> case of read.table, I prefer start to learn from the simplest one. > >> After that, I will try also the *.txt format. > >> > >> with read.csv, something strange happened: > >> > >> This us now the file: > >> > >> date,st1,st2,st3, > >> 10/1/1998 0:00,0.6,0,0 > >> 10/1/1998 1:00,0.2,0.2,0.2 > >> 10/1/1998 2:00,0.6,0.2,0.4 > >> 10/1/1998 3:00,0,0,0.6 > >> 10/1/1998 4:00,0,0,0 > >> 10/1/1998 5:00,0,0,0 > >> 10/1/1998 6:00,0,0,0 > >> 10/1/1998 7:00,0.2,0,0 > >> 10/1/1998 8:00,0.6,0.2,0 > >> 10/1/1998 9:00,0.2,0.4,0.4 > >> 10/1/1998 10:00,0,0.4,0.2 > >> > >> When I apply: > >> MyData <- read.csv(file="obs_prec.csv",header=TRUE, sep=",") > >> > >> this is the results: > >> > >> 10/1/1998 0:00 0.6 0.00 0.0 NA > >> 2 10/1/1998 1:00 0.2 0.20 0.2 NA > >> 3 10/1/1998 2:00 0.6 0.20 0.4 NA > >> 4 10/1/1998 3:00 0.0 0.00 0.6 NA > >> 5 10/1/1998 4:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA > >> 6 10/1/1998 5:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA > >> 7 10/1/1998 6:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA > >> 8 10/1/1998 7:00 0.2 0.00 0.0 NA > >> > >> I do not understand why. > >> Something wrong with date? > >> > >> really really thanks, > >> I appreciate a lot all your helps. > >> > >> Diedro > >> > >> > >> Diego > >> > >> > >> On 31 July 2018 at 01:25, MacQueen, Don <macqueen1 at llnl.gov> wrote: > >>> > >>> Or, without removing the first line > >>> dadf <- read.table("xxx.txt", stringsAsFactors=FALSE, skip=1) > >>> > >>> Another alternative, > >>> dadf$datetime <- as.POSIXct(paste(dadf$V1,dadf$V2)) > >>> since the dates appear to be in the default format. > >>> (I generally prefer to work with datetimes in POSIXct class rather than > >>> POSIXlt class) > >>> > >>> -Don > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Don MacQueen > >>> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > >>> 7000 East Ave., L-627 > >>> Livermore, CA 94550 > >>> 925-423-1062 > >>> Lab cell 925-724-7509 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ?On 7/30/18, 4:03 PM, "R-help on behalf of Jim Lemon" > >>> <r-help-bounces at r-project.org on behalf of drjimlemon at gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Diego, > >>> You may have to do some conversion as you have three fields in the > >>> first line using the default space separator and five fields in > >>> subsequent lines. If the first line doesn't contain any important > >>> data > >>> you can just delete it or replace it with a meaningful header line > >>> with five fields and save the file under another name. > >>> > >>> It looks as thought you have date-time as two fields. If so, you > can > >>> just read the first field if you only want the date: > >>> > >>> # assume you have removed the first line > >>> dadf<-read.table("xxx.txt",stringsAsFactors=FALSE > >>> dadf$date<-as.Date(dadf$V1,format="%Y-%m-%d") > >>> > >>> If you want the date/time: > >>> > >>> dadf$datetime<-strptime(paste(dadf$V1,dadf$V2),format="%Y-%m-%d > >>> %H:%M:%S") > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Diego Avesani > >>> <diego.avesani at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > Dear all, > >>> > > >>> > I am dealing with the reading of a *.txt file. > >>> > The txt file the following shape: > >>> > > >>> > 103001930 103001580 103001530 > >>> > 1998-10-01 00:00:00 0.6 0 0 > >>> > 1998-10-01 01:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 > >>> > 1998-10-01 02:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 > >>> > 1998-10-01 03:00:00 0 0 0.6 > >>> > 1998-10-01 04:00:00 0 0 0 > >>> > 1998-10-01 05:00:00 0 0 0 > >>> > 1998-10-01 06:00:00 0 0 0 > >>> > 1998-10-01 07:00:00 0.2 0 0 > >>> > > >>> > If it is possible I have a coupe of questions, which will sound > >>> stupid but > >>> > they are important to me in order to understand ho R deal with > file > >>> or date. > >>> > > >>> > 1) Do I have to convert it to a *csv file? > >>> > 2) Can a deal with space and not "," > >>> > 3) How can I read date? > >>> > > >>> > thanks a lot to all of you, > >>> > Thanks > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Diego > >>> > > >>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >>> > > >>> > ______________________________________________ > >>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, > see > >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible > code. > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________ > >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >>> > >>> > >> > > >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Dear all, I have still problem with date. Could you please tel me how to use POSIXct. Indeed I have found this command: timeAverage, but I am not able to convert MyDate to properly date. Thank a lot I hope to no bother you, at least too much Diego On 31 July 2018 at 11:12, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> wrote:> Dear Jim, Dear all, > > thanks a lot. > > Unfortunately, I get the following error: > > > st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean)Error in tapply(seq_len(0L), list(`MyData$date` = c(913L, 914L, 925L, : > arguments must have same length > > > This is particularly strange. indeed, if I apply > > > mean(MyData$str1,na.rm=TRUE) > > > it works > > > Sorry, I have to learn a lot. > You are really boosting me > > Diego > > > On 31 July 2018 at 11:02, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Diego, >> One way you can get daily means is: >> >> st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean) >> st2_daily<-by(MyData$st2,MyData$date,mean) >> st3_daily<-by(MyData$st3,MyData$date,mean) >> >> Jim >> >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Dear all, >> > I have found the error, my fault. Sorry. >> > There was an extra come in the headers line. >> > Thanks again. >> > >> > If I can I would like to ask you another questions about the imported >> data. >> > I would like to compute the daily average of the different date. >> Basically I >> > have hourly data, I would like to ave the daily mean of them. >> > >> > Is there some special commands? >> > >> > Thanks a lot. >> > >> > >> > Diego >> > >> > >> > On 31 July 2018 at 10:40, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> I move to csv file because originally the date where in csv file. >> >> In addition, due to the fact that, as you told me, read.csv is a >> special >> >> case of read.table, I prefer start to learn from the simplest one. >> >> After that, I will try also the *.txt format. >> >> >> >> with read.csv, something strange happened: >> >> >> >> This us now the file: >> >> >> >> date,st1,st2,st3, >> >> 10/1/1998 0:00,0.6,0,0 >> >> 10/1/1998 1:00,0.2,0.2,0.2 >> >> 10/1/1998 2:00,0.6,0.2,0.4 >> >> 10/1/1998 3:00,0,0,0.6 >> >> 10/1/1998 4:00,0,0,0 >> >> 10/1/1998 5:00,0,0,0 >> >> 10/1/1998 6:00,0,0,0 >> >> 10/1/1998 7:00,0.2,0,0 >> >> 10/1/1998 8:00,0.6,0.2,0 >> >> 10/1/1998 9:00,0.2,0.4,0.4 >> >> 10/1/1998 10:00,0,0.4,0.2 >> >> >> >> When I apply: >> >> MyData <- read.csv(file="obs_prec.csv",header=TRUE, sep=",") >> >> >> >> this is the results: >> >> >> >> 10/1/1998 0:00 0.6 0.00 0.0 NA >> >> 2 10/1/1998 1:00 0.2 0.20 0.2 NA >> >> 3 10/1/1998 2:00 0.6 0.20 0.4 NA >> >> 4 10/1/1998 3:00 0.0 0.00 0.6 NA >> >> 5 10/1/1998 4:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA >> >> 6 10/1/1998 5:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA >> >> 7 10/1/1998 6:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA >> >> 8 10/1/1998 7:00 0.2 0.00 0.0 NA >> >> >> >> I do not understand why. >> >> Something wrong with date? >> >> >> >> really really thanks, >> >> I appreciate a lot all your helps. >> >> >> >> Diedro >> >> >> >> >> >> Diego >> >> >> >> >> >> On 31 July 2018 at 01:25, MacQueen, Don <macqueen1 at llnl.gov> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Or, without removing the first line >> >>> dadf <- read.table("xxx.txt", stringsAsFactors=FALSE, skip=1) >> >>> >> >>> Another alternative, >> >>> dadf$datetime <- as.POSIXct(paste(dadf$V1,dadf$V2)) >> >>> since the dates appear to be in the default format. >> >>> (I generally prefer to work with datetimes in POSIXct class rather >> than >> >>> POSIXlt class) >> >>> >> >>> -Don >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Don MacQueen >> >>> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >> >>> 7000 East Ave., L-627 >> >>> Livermore, CA 94550 >> >>> 925-423-1062 >> >>> Lab cell 925-724-7509 >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> ?On 7/30/18, 4:03 PM, "R-help on behalf of Jim Lemon" >> >>> <r-help-bounces at r-project.org on behalf of drjimlemon at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi Diego, >> >>> You may have to do some conversion as you have three fields in the >> >>> first line using the default space separator and five fields in >> >>> subsequent lines. If the first line doesn't contain any important >> >>> data >> >>> you can just delete it or replace it with a meaningful header line >> >>> with five fields and save the file under another name. >> >>> >> >>> It looks as thought you have date-time as two fields. If so, you >> can >> >>> just read the first field if you only want the date: >> >>> >> >>> # assume you have removed the first line >> >>> dadf<-read.table("xxx.txt",stringsAsFactors=FALSE >> >>> dadf$date<-as.Date(dadf$V1,format="%Y-%m-%d") >> >>> >> >>> If you want the date/time: >> >>> >> >>> dadf$datetime<-strptime(paste(dadf$V1,dadf$V2),format="%Y-%m-%d >> >>> %H:%M:%S") >> >>> >> >>> Jim >> >>> >> >>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Diego Avesani >> >>> <diego.avesani at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> > Dear all, >> >>> > >> >>> > I am dealing with the reading of a *.txt file. >> >>> > The txt file the following shape: >> >>> > >> >>> > 103001930 103001580 103001530 >> >>> > 1998-10-01 00:00:00 0.6 0 0 >> >>> > 1998-10-01 01:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 >> >>> > 1998-10-01 02:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 >> >>> > 1998-10-01 03:00:00 0 0 0.6 >> >>> > 1998-10-01 04:00:00 0 0 0 >> >>> > 1998-10-01 05:00:00 0 0 0 >> >>> > 1998-10-01 06:00:00 0 0 0 >> >>> > 1998-10-01 07:00:00 0.2 0 0 >> >>> > >> >>> > If it is possible I have a coupe of questions, which will sound >> >>> stupid but >> >>> > they are important to me in order to understand ho R deal with >> file >> >>> or date. >> >>> > >> >>> > 1) Do I have to convert it to a *csv file? >> >>> > 2) Can a deal with space and not "," >> >>> > 3) How can I read date? >> >>> > >> >>> > thanks a lot to all of you, >> >>> > Thanks >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > Diego >> >>> > >> >>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >>> > >> >>> > ______________________________________________ >> >>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, >> see >> >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible >> code. >> >>> >> >>> ______________________________________________ >> >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Hi Diego, I think the error is due to NA values in your data file. If I extend your example and run it, I get no errors: MyData<-read.table(text="103001930 103001580 103001530 1998-10-01 00:00:00 0.6 0 0 1998-10-01 01:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 1998-10-01 02:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 1998-10-01 03:00:00 0 0 0.6 1998-10-01 04:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 05:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 06:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 07:00:00 0.2 0 0 1998-10-01 08:00:00 0.6 0 0 1998-10-01 09:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 1998-10-01 10:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 1998-10-01 11:00:00 0 0 0.6 1998-10-01 12:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 13:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 14:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 15:00:00 0.2 0 0 1998-10-01 16:00:00 0.6 0 0 1998-10-01 17:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 1998-10-01 18:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 1998-10-01 19:00:00 0 0 0.6 1998-10-01 20:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 21:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 22:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-01 23:00:00 0.2 0 0 1998-10-02 00:00:00 0.6 0 0 1998-10-02 01:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 1998-10-02 02:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 1998-10-02 03:00:00 0 0 0.6 1998-10-02 04:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 05:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 06:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 07:00:00 0.2 0 0 1998-10-02 08:00:00 0.6 0 0 1998-10-02 09:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 1998-10-02 10:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 1998-10-02 11:00:00 0 0 0.6 1998-10-02 12:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 13:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 14:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 15:00:00 0.2 0 0 1998-10-02 16:00:00 0.6 0 0 1998-10-02 17:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 1998-10-02 18:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 1998-10-02 19:00:00 0 0 0.6 1998-10-02 20:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 21:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 22:00:00 0 0 0 1998-10-02 23:00:00 0.2 0 0", skip=1,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) names(MyData)<-c("date","time","st1","st2","st3") MyData$datetime<-strptime(paste(MyData$date,MyData$time), format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") MyData$datetime st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean) st2_daily<-by(MyData$st2,MyData$date,mean) st3_daily<-by(MyData$st3,MyData$date,mean) st1_daily st2_daily st3_daily Try adding na.rm=TRUE to the "by" calls: st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean,na.rm=TRUE) st2_daily<-by(MyData$st2,MyData$date,mean,na.rm=TRUE) st3_daily<-by(MyData$st3,MyData$date,mean,na.rm=TRUE) Jim On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:11 PM, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> wrote:> Dear all, > > I have still problem with date. > Could you please tel me how to use POSIXct. > Indeed I have found this command: > timeAverage, but I am not able to convert MyDate to properly date. > > Thank a lot > I hope to no bother you, at least too much > > > Diego > > > On 31 July 2018 at 11:12, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear Jim, Dear all, >> >> thanks a lot. >> >> Unfortunately, I get the following error: >> >> >> st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean) >> Error in tapply(seq_len(0L), list(`MyData$date` = c(913L, 914L, 925L, : >> arguments must have same length >> >> >> This is particularly strange. indeed, if I apply >> >> >> mean(MyData$str1,na.rm=TRUE) >> >> >> it works >> >> >> Sorry, I have to learn a lot. >> You are really boosting me >> >> Diego >> >> >> On 31 July 2018 at 11:02, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Diego, >>> One way you can get daily means is: >>> >>> st1_daily<-by(MyData$st1,MyData$date,mean) >>> st2_daily<-by(MyData$st2,MyData$date,mean) >>> st3_daily<-by(MyData$st3,MyData$date,mean) >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Dear all, >>> > I have found the error, my fault. Sorry. >>> > There was an extra come in the headers line. >>> > Thanks again. >>> > >>> > If I can I would like to ask you another questions about the imported >>> > data. >>> > I would like to compute the daily average of the different date. >>> > Basically I >>> > have hourly data, I would like to ave the daily mean of them. >>> > >>> > Is there some special commands? >>> > >>> > Thanks a lot. >>> > >>> > >>> > Diego >>> > >>> > >>> > On 31 July 2018 at 10:40, Diego Avesani <diego.avesani at gmail.com> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Dear all, >>> >> I move to csv file because originally the date where in csv file. >>> >> In addition, due to the fact that, as you told me, read.csv is a >>> >> special >>> >> case of read.table, I prefer start to learn from the simplest one. >>> >> After that, I will try also the *.txt format. >>> >> >>> >> with read.csv, something strange happened: >>> >> >>> >> This us now the file: >>> >> >>> >> date,st1,st2,st3, >>> >> 10/1/1998 0:00,0.6,0,0 >>> >> 10/1/1998 1:00,0.2,0.2,0.2 >>> >> 10/1/1998 2:00,0.6,0.2,0.4 >>> >> 10/1/1998 3:00,0,0,0.6 >>> >> 10/1/1998 4:00,0,0,0 >>> >> 10/1/1998 5:00,0,0,0 >>> >> 10/1/1998 6:00,0,0,0 >>> >> 10/1/1998 7:00,0.2,0,0 >>> >> 10/1/1998 8:00,0.6,0.2,0 >>> >> 10/1/1998 9:00,0.2,0.4,0.4 >>> >> 10/1/1998 10:00,0,0.4,0.2 >>> >> >>> >> When I apply: >>> >> MyData <- read.csv(file="obs_prec.csv",header=TRUE, sep=",") >>> >> >>> >> this is the results: >>> >> >>> >> 10/1/1998 0:00 0.6 0.00 0.0 NA >>> >> 2 10/1/1998 1:00 0.2 0.20 0.2 NA >>> >> 3 10/1/1998 2:00 0.6 0.20 0.4 NA >>> >> 4 10/1/1998 3:00 0.0 0.00 0.6 NA >>> >> 5 10/1/1998 4:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA >>> >> 6 10/1/1998 5:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA >>> >> 7 10/1/1998 6:00 0.0 0.00 0.0 NA >>> >> 8 10/1/1998 7:00 0.2 0.00 0.0 NA >>> >> >>> >> I do not understand why. >>> >> Something wrong with date? >>> >> >>> >> really really thanks, >>> >> I appreciate a lot all your helps. >>> >> >>> >> Diedro >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Diego >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On 31 July 2018 at 01:25, MacQueen, Don <macqueen1 at llnl.gov> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Or, without removing the first line >>> >>> dadf <- read.table("xxx.txt", stringsAsFactors=FALSE, skip=1) >>> >>> >>> >>> Another alternative, >>> >>> dadf$datetime <- as.POSIXct(paste(dadf$V1,dadf$V2)) >>> >>> since the dates appear to be in the default format. >>> >>> (I generally prefer to work with datetimes in POSIXct class rather >>> >>> than >>> >>> POSIXlt class) >>> >>> >>> >>> -Don >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Don MacQueen >>> >>> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >>> >>> 7000 East Ave., L-627 >>> >>> Livermore, CA 94550 >>> >>> 925-423-1062 >>> >>> Lab cell 925-724-7509 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ?On 7/30/18, 4:03 PM, "R-help on behalf of Jim Lemon" >>> >>> <r-help-bounces at r-project.org on behalf of drjimlemon at gmail.com> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Diego, >>> >>> You may have to do some conversion as you have three fields in >>> >>> the >>> >>> first line using the default space separator and five fields in >>> >>> subsequent lines. If the first line doesn't contain any important >>> >>> data >>> >>> you can just delete it or replace it with a meaningful header >>> >>> line >>> >>> with five fields and save the file under another name. >>> >>> >>> >>> It looks as thought you have date-time as two fields. If so, you >>> >>> can >>> >>> just read the first field if you only want the date: >>> >>> >>> >>> # assume you have removed the first line >>> >>> dadf<-read.table("xxx.txt",stringsAsFactors=FALSE >>> >>> dadf$date<-as.Date(dadf$V1,format="%Y-%m-%d") >>> >>> >>> >>> If you want the date/time: >>> >>> >>> >>> dadf$datetime<-strptime(paste(dadf$V1,dadf$V2),format="%Y-%m-%d >>> >>> %H:%M:%S") >>> >>> >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Diego Avesani >>> >>> <diego.avesani at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > Dear all, >>> >>> > >>> >>> > I am dealing with the reading of a *.txt file. >>> >>> > The txt file the following shape: >>> >>> > >>> >>> > 103001930 103001580 103001530 >>> >>> > 1998-10-01 00:00:00 0.6 0 0 >>> >>> > 1998-10-01 01:00:00 0.2 0.2 0.2 >>> >>> > 1998-10-01 02:00:00 0.6 0.2 0.4 >>> >>> > 1998-10-01 03:00:00 0 0 0.6 >>> >>> > 1998-10-01 04:00:00 0 0 0 >>> >>> > 1998-10-01 05:00:00 0 0 0 >>> >>> > 1998-10-01 06:00:00 0 0 0 >>> >>> > 1998-10-01 07:00:00 0.2 0 0 >>> >>> > >>> >>> > If it is possible I have a coupe of questions, which will sound >>> >>> stupid but >>> >>> > they are important to me in order to understand ho R deal with >>> >>> file >>> >>> or date. >>> >>> > >>> >>> > 1) Do I have to convert it to a *csv file? >>> >>> > 2) Can a deal with space and not "," >>> >>> > 3) How can I read date? >>> >>> > >>> >>> > thanks a lot to all of you, >>> >>> > Thanks >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > Diego >>> >>> > >>> >>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> > >>> >>> > ______________________________________________ >>> >>> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, >>> >>> see >>> >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible >>> >>> code. >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible >>> >>> code. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> > >> >> >