[R] Reading in a dataset with uneven variable lengths

[Liaw, Andy]

One possibility is to use read.fwf().

Andy

> From: Owen, Jason
> 
> Suppose I have a text file that I want to read into R like the
> following:
> 
> X	Y
> 649	699
> 657	891
> 714	632
> 849	727
> 721	597
> 791	868
> 874	652
> 405	978
> 	733
> 	549
> 	790
> 
> This is a simple example -- I could have a huge file with many
> columns of unequal lengths.
> 
> What is the best way to do it?  I can't see how a data frame
> can be used.  I checked the FAQ and did a web search on the topic
> but I came up empty.
> 
> Jason
> 
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