[R] Formatted Data File Question for Clustering -Quickie Project I am trying to learn how to format Ascii data files for scan or read into R. Precisely for a quickie project, I found some code (at end of this email) to do exactly what I need: To cluster and graph a dendrogram from package (stats). I am stuck on how to format a text file to run the script. I looked at the dataset USArrests (which would be replaced by my data and labels) using UltraEdit. That data appears to be in binary format and I would simply like a readable ASCII text file. How can I: A) format this data to a file for the script below?  B) I would like to use squared Euclidean distance, can hclust support this? Thanks, Neil Gottlieb Here is sub-set example of my data set, return series to cluster: 13 cases by 36 observations): Month	  Convertible Arbitrage	  Dedicated Short Bias	  Emerging Markets	 1/31/1994	0.004	-0.016	0.105	 2/28/1994	0.002	0.020	-0.011	 3/31/1994	-0.010	0.072	-0.046	 4/30/1994	-0.025	0.013	-0.084	 5/31/1994	-0.010	0.023	-0.007	 6/30/1994	0.002	0.064	0.005	 7/31/1994	0.001	-0.012	0.058	 8/31/1994	0.000	-0.057	0.164	 9/30/1994	-0.012	0.016	0.052	 10/31/1994	-0.014	-0.004	-0.035	 11/30/1994	-0.002	0.030	-0.014	 12/31/1994	-0.019	-0.002	-0.042	 1/31/1995	-0.006	0.013	-0.100	 2/28/1995	0.012	-0.022	-0.079	 3/31/1995	0.013	0.004	-0.055	 4/30/1995	0.023	-0.004	0.073	 5/31/1995	0.017	-0.013	0.013	 6/30/1995	0.019	-0.069	0.008	 7/31/1995	0.009	-0.059	0.022	 8/31/1995	0.008	0.008	0.010	 9/30/1995	0.011	-0.029	0.019	 10/31/1995	0.013	0.064	-0.057	 11/30/1995	0.023	-0.010	-0.031	 12/31/1995	0.014	0.049	0.007	 1/31/1996	0.021	0.006	0.079	 2/29/1996	0.012	-0.056	-0.006	 3/31/1996	0.015	-0.009	-0.009	 4/30/1996	0.013	-0.066	0.051	 5/31/1996	0.016	0.000	0.045	 6/30/1996	0.015	0.051	0.054	 7/31/1996	0.014	0.098	-0.027	 8/31/1996	0.013	-0.034	0.036	 9/30/1996	0.011	-0.059	0.016	 10/31/1996	0.014	0.043	0.017	 11/30/1996	0.014	-0.029	0.026	 Code Example from Help files: hc <- hclust(dist(USArrests), "ave") (dend1 <- as.dendrogram(hc)) # "print()" method str(dend1)          # "str()" method str(dend1, max = 2) # only the first two sub-levels op <- par(mfrow= c(2,2), mar = c(5,2,1,4)) plot(dend1) ## "triangle" type and show inner nodes: plot(dend1, nodePar=list(pch = c(1,NA), cex=0.8, lab.cex = 0.8),       type = "t", center=TRUE) plot(dend1, edgePar=list(col = 1:2, lty = 2:3), dLeaf=1, edge.root = TRUE) plot(dend1, nodePar=list(pch = 2:1,cex=.4*2:1, col = 2:3), horiz=TRUE) dend2 <- cut(dend1, h=70) plot(dend2$upper) ## leafs are wrong horizontally: plot(dend2$upper, nodePar=list(pch = c(1,7), col = 2:1)) ##  dend2$lower is *NOT* a dendrogram, but a list of .. : plot(dend2$lower[[3]], nodePar=list(col=4), horiz = TRUE, type = "tr") ## "inner" and "leaf" edges in different type & color : plot(dend2$lower[[2]], nodePar=list(col=1),# non empty list      edgePar = list(lty=1:2, col=2:1), edge.root=TRUE) par(op) str(d3 <- dend2$lower[[2]][[2]][[1]]) nP <- list(col=3:2, cex=c(2.0, 0.75), pch= 21:22, bg= c("light blue", "pink"),            lab.cex = 0.75, lab.col = "tomato") plot(d3, nodePar= nP, edgePar = list(col="gray", lwd=2), horiz = TRUE) addE <- function(n) {       if(!is.leaf(n)) {         attr(n, "edgePar") <- list(p.col="plum")         attr(n, "edgetext") <- paste(attr(n,"members"),"members")       }       n } d3e <- dendrapply(d3, addE) plot(d3e, nodePar= nP) plot(d3e, nodePar= nP, leaflab = "textlike") -------------------------------------------------------- This information is being sent at the recipient's request or...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.