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Example dataset for read_table() #1333

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jennybc opened this issue Nov 23, 2021 · 0 comments · Fixed by #1354
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Example dataset for read_table() #1333

jennybc opened this issue Nov 23, 2021 · 0 comments · Fixed by #1354
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jennybc commented Nov 23, 2021

massey-rating.txt and epa78.txt aren't great datasets to use in the examples of read_table() in its current form (there are problems with variable number of fields). The use made sense in the past when read_table() worked more like what is now read_fwf(), e.g. it would calculate a fixed width and use it for all the fields.

A short term measure is to demo read_table() with fwf-sample.txt, but longer term it would be good to add a new example file that is not formatted with fixed-width fields, but that is whitespace delimited.

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