R help - Feb 2010 - Problem with retreaving numeric data

Hi all,
I am trying to get a value from a dataset
in data set its stored as  001
but while i am trying to retreave it its giving as 1
can any one help me to retreave it  as 001

thanks in advance
kiran

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dvkirankumar wrote:
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> I am trying to get a value from a dataset in data set its stored as  001
> but while i am trying to retreave it its giving as 1 can any one help me
> to retreave it  as 001
> 
I have to guess if you used a boomerang or a sling to retrieve your data. My
blind guess is you used read.table, or odbc.

Assuming read.table: use the parameter colClasses to force that column to be
read in as a string instead of a number. The function uses the first few
lines to guess the data type, which can be wrong.

Dieter

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My guess is that you cannot keep it numeric, but that you have to convert it
to a string (the gurus may know better).

x=001
x

x="001"
x

Daniel

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Hi all,
I am trying to get a value from a dataset
in data set its stored as  001
but while i am trying to retreave it its giving as 1
can any one help me to retreave it  as 001

thanks in advance
kiran

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