[R] read

Anaanthan Pillai
Fri, 09 Aug 2019 00:24:03 -0000

data <- read.table(header=TRUE, text='
 name prof
  A  4.5
  B  3.2
  C  5.5
 ')
> On 9 Aug 2019, at 8:11 AM, Val <valkremk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to red data where single and double quotes are embedded
> in some of the fields and prevented to read the data.   As an example
> please see below.
>
> vld<-read.table(text="name prof
>  A      '4.5
>  B       "3.2
>  C       5.5 ",header=TRUE)
>
> Error in read.table(text = "name prof \n  A      '4.5    \n  B
> 3.2     \n  C       5.5 ",  :
>  incomplete final line found by readTableHeader on 'text'
>
> Is there a way how to  read this data and gt the following output
>  name prof
> 1    A  4.5
> 2    B  3.2
> 3    C  5.5
>
> Thank you inadvertence
>
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