title: Importing "csv" file with multiple-character separator to R?
body: <p>I have a "csv" text file where each field is separated by <code>\t&amp;%$#</code> which I'm now trying to import into R.</p>
  
  <p>The <code>sep=</code> argument of <code>read.table()</code>instists on a single character. Is there a quick way to directly import this file?</p>
  
  <p>Some of the data fields are user-submitted text which contain tabs, quotes, and other messy stuff, so changing the delimiter to something simpler seems like it could create other problems.</p>