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Reading Data in R
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file_connection.R
myConnection <- file("foo.txt", "r")
data <- read.csv(myConnection)
close(myConnection)
# the same thing as
data <- read.csv("foo.txt")
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findColumnsExample.R
initial <- read.table("dataset.txt", nrows = 100)
classes <- sapply(initial, class)
tabAll <- read.table("dataset.txt", colClass = classes)
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