Read matrix data from a file
Reads matrix data from a file
matscan(file, num.cols = utils::count.fields(file)[1], what = 0, sk = 0)
file |
A filename. |
num.cols |
The number of columns of data in the file. |
what |
A template for the data elements in the file, it should be a
number for numeric data (the default) or a string for string data. Note
that an Splus matrix can only hold one type of data (string or numeric),
for mixed types use data tables and the |
sk |
The number of leading lines of the file to skip. |
This function has been partially superseded by the introduction of data frames and the read.table function. It is still useful however for reading data into Splus matrix objects.
A matrix corresponding to the data in file.
read.table
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