[R] Query: how to add quotes when importing a txt file

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Stefano Sofia
<stefano.sofia at regione.marche.it> wrote:
>
> Dear R users,
> I have a txt file of the form
>
> 10092007 24.62 24.31 24.90
> 11092007 19.20 23.17 22.10
> 13092007 24.71 27.33 23.10
> 14092007 27.33 27.90 24.10
> 15092007 28.22 28.55 24.30
> 16092007 28.53 29.24 27.40
> 17092007 24.19 30.64 26.80
> 18092007 22.60 20.62 28.40
> 19092007  8.89  1.70 14.70
> 20092007 21.27  2.92 17.30
> 21092007 22.38 24.72  8.80
> 22092007 23.94 24.73 20.40
> 23092007 25.33 25.12 22.60
> 24092007 24.91 22.46 21.40
> 25092007 23.52 25.00 21.70
> 26092007  2.50  2.29  8.80
>
> and I have to import it into R. The problem is that I have to add the quotes at the beginning and end of the file

That is not correct.  The file is fine the way it is.  Read it in
using read.zoo.  See ?read.zoo and read the
three vignettes that come with zoo.