R help - Oct 2012 - Error: not 'a real'?

Hi List,

when supplying a vector of atomic vector classes to read.table, I get:
# column classes
colClasses=c("character", "character","numeric",
"numeric", "numeric",
"numeric", "numeric", "numeric",
                                             "numeric",
"numeric",
"numeric", "numeric")
# Error:
Error in scan(file, what, nmax, sep, dec, quote, skip, nlines, 
na.strings,  (from #2) :
   scan() expected 'a real', got '894.6'

How is '894.6' not 'a real [number]'?

Thanks for the ensuing enlightenment or punishment...

Best,
Brian

how about supplying the context of the error.  Show the lines in the file where
the error occurred.

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 20, 2012, at 7:21, Brian <zenlines at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> when supplying a vector of atomic vector classes to read.table, I get:
> # column classes
> colClasses=c("character",
"character","numeric", "numeric",
"numeric", "numeric", "numeric",
"numeric",
>                                            "numeric",
"numeric", "numeric", "numeric")
> # Error:
> Error in scan(file, what, nmax, sep, dec, quote, skip, nlines, na.strings, 
(from #2) :
>  scan() expected 'a real', got '894.6'
> 
> How is '894.6' not 'a real [number]'?
> 
> Thanks for the ensuing enlightenment or punishment...
> 
> Best,
> Brian
> 
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