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i have a tab delimited file in the following format. How can i in R language convert it &nbsp;to a matrix keeping the first column as character? <br />
NAME &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;M<br />
Alex &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0<br />
Max &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0<br />
Mike &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;72 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;44 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;21 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45<br />
Ada &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0<br />
Lily &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1<br />
Sanda &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0
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i have a tab delimited file in the following format. How can i in R language convert it  to a matrix keeping the first column as character? 
NAME	A	A	C	D	M
Alex	0	0	4	0	0
Max	0	0	0	0	0
Mike	72	44	22	21	45
Ada	0	1	0	0	0
Lily	0	1	1	0	1
Sanda	0	0	0	0	0

Convert into a matrix in R

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