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Removing Extra Column of Data from CSVs in R — R Tip
When R writes a csv file, you get an extra column of data as such: > s > plot(x=s$x, y=s$y ) > > write.csv(x=s, file=’s0.csv’ ) When you peek in the csv file, you see this: blog earl$ head s0.csv … Continue reading
Examining CSV Data Columns From a Shell
It’s very handy to be able to pop open a shell and peek in your csv files. awk is a command that will do just that — it divides each line into fields based either on a whitespace separator or … Continue reading
Eval in R: Running Code From a String
It’s (very) occasionally quite useful to be able to execute code from a string, similarly to eval in ruby or javascript. You might use this to, eg, read a directory full of csv files and turn each filename into a … Continue reading
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