R help - Jun 2005 - Re: R-help Digest, Vol 28, Issue 6

Dear all,
i have a question as regards to the read.table /table command:

I read in the following file:
Method1 23
Method2 12
Method3 43
Method4 76
Method1 2
Method3 4

If i use the "table" command I get the following matrix:
         V2
V1         2 4 12 23 43 76
  Method1  1 0  0  1  0  0
  Method2  0 0  1  0  0  0
  Method3  0 1  0  0  1  0
  Method4  0 0  0  0  0  1


Is it possible that R groups my values, to get an matrix which looks nearly
like this:
V1
  Method1 23 2
  Method2 12 0
  Method3 43 4
  Method4 76 0


Some ideas?

Thanks in advance

Cheers
Sebastian