Transcribe data into electronic form

[VCF]

You need to copy your data from your spiral pad into a text file

• In general, you want one file for each type/kind/class of data. You don't want the same "set" spread across multiple files
• Everyone thinks "Excel" when faced with this challenge. Don't use Excel. Don't get fresh and use LibreOffice Calc either :stuck_out_tongue:
• There are two simple formats you should consider:
  • CSV : Wikipedia
  • TSV : Wikipedia
  • You can also learn about both by looking at the help for the command you'll use to read the files: ?read.table
• A very important consideration is how to "code" missing values. You should read ?NA, though I'll warn you it's a bit over-nerdy initially.

[VCF]

Your file looks good, at least at first blush. You're using a .txt file suffix, which is not wrong, but it's not the best one for a CSV file. You should change it to CSV. You want to rename it, which is generally mv, but instead of moving it only in the filesystem, you want git to know you're changing the name, too. So you want to use git mv instead.

[VCF]

Good! I thought there might be formatting problems with the file, but there are not! You may find when you work with tabular files that sometimes you forget to put all values in a row, or you accidentally put too many values. This can be a pain to track down, but fortunately you don't have to worry about that now.