Error in fread{data.table} when reading txt files #801
Description
I'm trying to read a txt file using fread{data.table) but I get an error:
# (Error in fread(filename, h = F, sep = ";", nrows = 81, skip = 168, verbose = T) :
# ' ends field 1 on line 168 when detecting types: Iteration 27)The file is available here. The code is:
filename="test.txt"
require(data.table)
tyr <- fread(filename, h=F, sep=";", nrows=81, skip=168, verbose=T)I can read the file fine with:
tyr <- fread(filename, h=F, sep=";", nrows=15, skip=168, verbose=T)and I can read the file fine if I open it in a text editor (Notepad++), cut the first 167 lines, re-save it as plain txt and use:
tyr <- fread(filename, h=F, sep=";", nrows=81, skip=1, verbose=T)Lastly, I can read the file fine using the equivalent call with read.table. I don't understand what fread is looking in line 168 since I said to skip it. The file is a standard output file from a software and each data block is identically formatted, yet I can read the previous data block fine with:
tyr <- fread(filename, h=F, sep=";", nrows=81, skip=86, verbose=T)I'd appreciate any help in understanding what's going on.
Thanks, carlo