| FixToTable {DescTools} | R Documentation |
Convert a Text to a Table
Description
Convert a text to a table by using complete columns of spaces (or any other separator) as delimiting point.
Usage
FixToTable(txt, sep = " ", delim = "\t", trim = TRUE, header = TRUE)
Arguments
txt |
the text to be partitioned. Works best, if txt is a matrix. |
sep |
the separator to use. Will frequently be " ". |
delim |
the new delimiter to insert. (default tab) |
trim |
logical. Should the separated text be trimmed from whitespace? Defaults to TRUE. |
header |
logical. Should the first line be interpreted as header? |
Details
Only a complete appearance of the separator character in the same position over all rows will be accepted as column delimiter.
Value
a matrix of the separated text.
Author(s)
Andri Signorell <andri@signorell.net>
See Also
Examples
# let's get some tabbed text
txt <- matrix(capture.output(Titanic[,,2,1]))
FixToTable(txt[-1,])
[Package DescTools version 0.99.55 Index]