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rcsvclipboardread.table
AK88
AK88

Reputation: 3026

Unexpected output from read.table clipboard option?

I have a csv file with 10198 rows and 16 columns. When I use the following code, it seems like I am missing some data:

dat = read.table(file = "clipboard", sep = "\t", header = TRUE)
> dim(dat)
[1] 9633   16

while read.csv returns correct data:

dat = read.csv(file = "PRM.csv", sep = "", header = TRUE)
> dim(dat)
[1] 10198    16

Does anybody know what is going on here? Is a reproducable dataset required for this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 298

Answers (1)

Will
Will

Reputation: 1845

Maybe the issue is that in first line you use a wrong sep field, try to use:

dat = read.table(file = "clipboard", sep = "", header = TRUE)

and also try to add an extension to your file, e.g. clipboard.txt

Upvotes: 1

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