[R] Problem with read.table and scan

[Scott, Uriel]

The R version is 1.3.1 and the following is an example of the problem:

> air <- read.table("air.data",header=TRUE)
Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open file `air.data'

-----Original Message-----
From: Jens Nieschulze [mailto:jniesch at gwdg.de]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 2:34 PM
To: Scott, Uriel
Subject: Re: [R] Problem with read.table and scan


On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Scott, Uriel wrote:

> 
> I have just installed R on a Windows NT system.  Unfortunately I am unable
> to open any of the data files I wish to work with.  I have tried using
> read.table and scan and to the best of my knowledge am using the correct
> syntax.  The error message I receive is
> 
> Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open file [file name]
> 
> I have the data in text files in white-space delimited form.  I put them
in
> the rw1031 directory.
can you privede the R version and a complete code example?
otherwise it is just random guessing 
from others
	J
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Uriel Scott
> Quantitative Analyst
> Mirant Americas, Inc.
> 678-579-3226
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