如何解析自定义格式的文件R

Question

这是一个刚开始R工作的不耐烦的人提出的问题。我有一个包含这样的行的文件：

simulation_time:386300;real_time:365;agents:300

simulation_time:386800;real_time:368;agents:300

simulation_time:386900;real_time:383;agents:300

simulation_time:387000;real_time:451;agents:300

simulation_time:387100;real_time:345;agents:300

simulation_time:387200;real_time:327;agents:300

simulation_time:387300;real_time:411;agents:300

simulation_time:387400;real_time:405;agents:300

simulation_time:387500;real_time:476;agents:300

simulation_time:387600;real_time:349;agents:300 

....

需要从文件中绘制图表。此链接教授如何通过读取表格格式的文件来绘制文件。但上面的行不是表格或整齐的 csv 格式。

您能告诉我如何解析这样的文件吗？

另外，如果你对像我这样急躁的人有参考，请告诉我。

谢谢

Answer 1

如果文件的结构很严格，那么您可以自定义读取以获得您想要的数据。请参阅下面的代码。

# reading the file 
strvec = readLines(con = "File.txt", n = -1)  
# strsplit by ";" or ":"
strlist = strsplit(strvec,":|;")
# changing to matrix (works only if the structure of each line is the same)
strmat = do.call(rbind, strlist)
# lets take only numbers
df = strmat[ ,c(2,4,6)]
# defining the names
colnames(df) = strmat[1 ,c(1,3,5)]
# changing strings to numerics (might be better methods, have any suggestions?)
df = apply(df, 2, as.numeric)
# changing to data.frame
df = as.data.frame(df)
# now you can do that ever you want
plot(df$simulation_time, type="l")