[R] importing data

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Andreas Betz wrote:

>  I am newcomer to R and I am loborating on this problem:
> 
> How do I import data from a CD into R for further evaluation. 
> Using code "newgotcha <- read.table("e:\\asciiwin\\gotcha.dat") "
> returmns a list containing an additional column with indices. The
> command "plot (gotcha)" gives the expected plot. However, the line
> hist(gotcha) returns the message "Error in hist.default(newgotcha) : `x'
> must be numeric".

Um, you read `newgotcha' so what did you expect "plot (gotcha)" to do?

> How can I get the data in an accessible from  into R.

Please read `An Introduction to R' and note the difference between
read.table() and read.table(header=TRUE).

If that is not sufficient, please read the R Data Import/Export manual.

> Any suggestions are appreciated.
> 
> Andreas
> 
> Andreas Betz
> andreasbetz at earthlink.net
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