What does the “More Columns than Column Names” error mean?

Question

I\'m trying to read in a .csv file from the IRS and it doesn\'t appear to be formatted in any weird way.

I\'m using the read.table() function, which I h

Answer 1

For the Germans:

you have to change your decimal commas into a Full stop in your csv-file (in Excel:File -> Options -> Advanced -> "Decimal seperator") , then the error is solved.