fast.read.fwf

file

Numeric vector: column widths. Negative
  numbers mean "skip this many columns". Use an NA as the
  final element if there are likely to be extra characters
  at the end of each row after the last one that you're
  interested in.

widths

names for the columns that are NOT
  skipped

col.names

can be used to control type conversion;
  see <code><a href="/link/read.table?package=sss&version=0.0-10" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="sss::read.table">read.table</a></code>. It is an optional vector
  whose names must be part of col.names. There is one
  extension of the <code><a href="/link/rea?package=sss&version=0.0-10" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="sss::rea">rea</a></code>

colClasses

used in auto-conversion to
  <code><a href="/link/POSIXct?package=sss&version=0.0-10" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="sss::POSIXct">POSIXct</a></code> when <code>colClasses</code> is set

the character to be assumed for decimal
  points. Passed to <code><a href="/link/type.convert?package=sss&version=0.0-10&to=utils" rd-options="utils" data-mini-rdoc="utils::type.convert">type.convert</a></code>

Experimental replacement for read.fwf that runs much
  faster.  However, it is much less flexible than read.fwf.

sss is a set of tools to import survey files in the .sss
        (triple-s) format. It provides the function read.sss that reads
        the .asc and .sss files of a triple-s survey data file.  The
        package is experimental - feedback, issues and bug reports are
        welcome.

fast.read.fwf: Read in fixed-width files quickly.

Description

Usage

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