getvector {MQMF}

getvector extracts a vector of numbers from a line of characters

Description

getvector, when reading in a csv file using readLines, getvector extracts a line of numbers from a specified line within the readLines object.This function works out how many numbers there are. If you wish to add a comment at the end of a vector of numbers it must be separated from them by the separator. e.g. a comma

Usage

getvector(indat, locate, sep = ",")

Arguments

indat

the readLines object

locate

the line number from which to extract the numbers

sep

the separator between numbers, defaults to ","

Value

a vector of numbers

Examples

x <- "12.3, 15.1, 8.7,10.3,  # this is a vector of four numbers"
y <- "21.3 # 22.3 # 8.7 # 10.3 # here are another four numbers"
getvector(x)    # uses default separator
getvector(y,sep="#")