R help - Mar 2011 - import data

Hi,

How do I read just the first line of a data file in R? (it does not contain
labels)

Thanks in advance,

Alex.

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On Mar 18, 2011, at 12:05 PM, AlexSmith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How do I read just the first line of a data file in R? (it does not  
> contain
> labels)
read.table has an `nrow` argument and readLines has an `n` argument.
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Alex.
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