title: Problems with importing FORTRAN data in R
body: <p>I have this <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/q1k2hb6z4hwgeho/ANDRICH.DAT?dl=0" rel="nofollow">.DAT file</a> apparently from FORTRAN. I tried: </p>
  
  <pre><code>read.fortran("ANDRICH.DAT",header = TRUE, format="8F1.0")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but is not working. I am getting the following error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error in read.table(file = FILE, header = header, sep = sep, 
  row.names = row.names,  : 
  more columns than column names
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas?
  Thanks in advance!</p>
  
  <p>The data file looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ 8
  $ HIDEOUS
  $ LIFESACRED
  $ INEFFECTIV
  $ DONTBELIEV
  $ WISHNOTNEC
  $ MUSTHAVEIT
  $ DETERRENT
  $ CRIMDESERV
  $ (8f1.0)
  01100000
  01100000
  01100000
  01100000
  </code></pre>