[R] IMPORTING FILE FROM EXCEL

[Lanre Okusanya]

try

read.table('C:\\Documents and Settings\\stats\\Desktop\\SUMI\\plasma2.txt')
for file.show, it is the same except note the slashes.

On 7/4/06, Jacques VESLOT <jacques.veslot at good.ibl.fr> wrote:
> if you don't need to import several dataset, you can directly change current
> directory from the file
> menu and move to your working directory instead of substuting all
> backslashes for slashes in import
> function argument.
> you can also copy your dataset in excel and do :
>  > data1 <- read.delim("clipboard")
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> Rashmi Pant a écrit :
> > Hi
> >   I am a beginner with R.
> >   I have been trying to import a tab delimited excel file but i get the
> following error message
> >   > file.show('C:\Documents and Settings\stats\Desktop\SUMI\plasma2.txt')
> > Warning message:
> > file.show(): file 'C:Documents and SettingsstatsDesktopSUMIplasma2.txt'
> does not exist
> >  I have understood the programming part but i cannot go ahead unless i
> have imported the file. I have consulted the R-help archive without success.
> >   Any help will be appreciated
> >   Thanks in advance
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