[R] Re ad Table

jim holtman
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:45:40 -0000

Your sample works just fine:

> x <- read.table(textConnection("Name  Heigth
+ W1     22
+ W2     45"), header=TRUE, row.names=1)
> closeAllConnections()
>
> x
   Heigth
W1     22
W2     45
>

Take a look at your data file.  You might have some lines with a
different number of fields.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:27 PM, HansImGl?ck <vikunja at gmx.net>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with the function "read.table"
>
> I have a text file wich I want to analyse in R
>
> Example:
> Name  Heigth
> W1     22
> W2     45
>
> Expression:
>> parameters.W.df <- read.table("parameters.W.txt",
header=TRUE,
>> row.names=1)
>
> What I get back:
> Error in scan, line 1 has not 11 elements
>
> What should I try to slove the problem?
>
> Thanks
>
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