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F86

2012-Dec-02 19:19 UTC

[R] Warning message: In scan(file, what, nmax...)

Dear R-users,

When i try  -
Data1<-read.table("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",header=TRUE,sep=";")
i
am getting this error: Warning message: In scan(file, what, nmax, sep, dec,
quote, skip, nlines, na.strings,  :
  number of items read is not a multiple of the number of columns

I wonder what Iam doing wrong. i guess it is something simple, however, i do
not understand the help-function in R. 


Thank you,


Regards, 
Faradj
Stockholm university
Department of Political Science 




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F86

2012-Dec-02 22:40 UTC

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[R] Warning message: In scan(file, what, nmax...)

In addition, 

I tried  Data1<-read.table("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",
sep="\t",
fill=TRUE)

the result:   *** caught segfault ***
address 0xd0000020, cause 'memory not mapped'

Possible actions:
1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
2: normal R exit
3: exit R without saving workspace
4: exit R saving workspace




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F86

2012-Dec-02 22:46 UTC

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[R] Warning message: In scan(file, what, nmax...)

Also tries this: 

x<-count.fields("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",
sep="\t")> x   [1] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
  [38] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
  [75] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [112] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [149] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [186] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [223] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [260] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [297] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [334] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [371] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [408] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [445] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [482] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [519] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [556] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [593] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [630] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [667] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [704] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [741] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [778] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [815] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [852] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [889] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [926] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
 [963] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
[1000] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
[1037] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
[1074] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
[1111] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
[1148] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
[1185] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
[1222] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1


However, it is not clear for me what is wrong with my data. ..



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Pascal Oettli

2012-Dec-03 00:31 UTC

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[R] Warning message: In scan(file, what, nmax...)

Hello,

Search the option 'fill' in the help of the function
'read.table'.

Regards,
Pascal

Le 03/12/2012 04:19, F86 a ?crit :> Dear R-users,
>
> When i try  -
>
Data1<-read.table("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",header=TRUE,sep=";")
i
> am getting this error: Warning message: In scan(file, what, nmax, sep, dec,
> quote, skip, nlines, na.strings,  :
>    number of items read is not a multiple of the number of columns
>
> I wonder what Iam doing wrong. i guess it is something simple, however, i
do
> not understand the help-function in R.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Regards,
> Faradj
> Stockholm university
> Department of Political Science
>
>
>
>
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David L Carlson

2012-Dec-03 03:41 UTC

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[R] Warning message: In scan(file, what, nmax...)

count.fields() is reporting a single field in each row of your file. Are you
sure the separator is a tab ("\t")? In your original query you used a
semicolon. 

Try

readLines("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv", n=10)

to look at the first 10 lines. 

----------------------------------------------
David L Carlson
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4352
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> 
> Also tries this:
> 
> x<-count.fields("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",
sep="\t")
> > x
>    [1] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>   [38] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>   [75] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [112] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [149] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [186] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [223] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [260] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [297] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [334] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [371] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [408] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [445] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [482] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [519] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [556] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [593] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [630] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [667] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [704] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [741] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [778] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [815] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [852] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [889] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [926] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
>  [963] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
> [1000] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
> [1037] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
> [1074] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
> [1111] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
> [1148] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
> [1185] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 1 1 1
> 1 1
> [1222] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 
> 
> However, it is not clear for me what is wrong with my data. ..
> 
> 
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F86

2012-Dec-03 10:30 UTC

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[R] Warning message: In scan(file, what, nmax...)

Dear David, 

Than you for helping me. 

I tried with "," 

 Data1<-read.table("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",header=TRUE,sep=",")
Error in scan(file, what, nmax, sep, dec, quote, skip, nlines, na.strings, 
: 
  line 116 did not have 2 elements

i also tried:  

Data1<-readLines("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",n=10)> Data1 [1] "Country10;Year10;GDP" "Andorra;2010;41,138" 
"Andorra;2009;44,591"
 [4] "Andorra;2008;49,981"  "Andorra;2007;48,431" 
"Andorra;2006;43,541"
 [7] "Andorra;2005;40,821"  "Andorra;2004;38,381" 
"Andorra;2003;32,55"
[10] "Andorra;2002;25,532" 









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Uwe Ligges

2012-Dec-03 13:01 UTC

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On 03.12.2012 11:30, F86 wrote:> Dear David,
>
> Than you for helping me.
>
> I tried with ","
>
>  
Data1<-read.table("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",header=TRUE,sep=",")
> Error in scan(file, what, nmax, sep, dec, quote, skip, nlines, na.strings,
> :
>    line 116 did not have 2 elements
So please how us lines 115-120 of that file.

Uwe Ligges

>
> i also tried:
>
> Data1<-readLines("/Users/kama/Analysis/GDP10.csv",n=10)
>> Data1
>   [1] "Country10;Year10;GDP" "Andorra;2010;41,138" 
"Andorra;2009;44,591"
>   [4] "Andorra;2008;49,981"  "Andorra;2007;48,431" 
"Andorra;2006;43,541"
>   [7] "Andorra;2005;40,821"  "Andorra;2004;38,381" 
"Andorra;2003;32,55"
> [10] "Andorra;2002;25,532"
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