[R] Reconstruct array dataset

[Julian Burgos]

Hey Marc,

You can use the function scan() directly to read your file as a single 
vector.  Then, as Rob suggested, use the matrix function to give it the 
dimensions you want.

Other option (perhaps less elegant) is to do something like this.

x=read.table (myfile,...etc.etc.)
x=as.vector(as.matrix(x))
x=matrix(x,ncol=11,byrow=T)

Julian

marcg wrote:
> This was my intention, but I'm not able to read it in as a vector (because i don't know the function, neither I can convert the read in table to a vector and then to matrix or directly.
> 
> What did I miss or where do I have to look up?
> 
> thanks alot
> 
> marc
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>> Datum: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:17:41 -0000
>> Von: "Rob Robinson" <rob.robinson at bto.org>
>> An: "\'marcg\'" <mdgi at gmx.ch>
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>> Betreff: RE: [R] Reconstruct array dataset
> 
>> Can you not read it into a single vector and then use as.matrix to shape
>> it
>> into a an appropriate sized matrix?
>> Cheers
>> rob
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org 
>>> [mailto:] On Behalf Of marcg
>>> Sent: 21 November 2007 14:08
>>> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>> Subject: [R] Reconstruct array dataset
>>>
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I have an interesting problem:
>>>
>>> My csv file is of array dimensions [12,50], but it was saved 
>>> the wrong way: there should be only 11 colums. What happens 
>>> now if I read it into R is that the whole data set is shifted 
>>> ( in the first row, the last column contains already the 
>>> first value of the supposed second row and so on...)
>>>
>>> how can I tell R to switch after 11 read values to the next 
>>> row, taking the value from column 12 as first in the new row 
>>> (for row 3 the two second last of the upper row etc...)
>>>
>>> Thanks for suggestions
>>>
>>> marc
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