[R] for importing "data"

[David Barron]

Most likely the file lahore.txt isn't in the current working
directory, which is where R will be looking for it as you don't
specify a path (I'm assuming that you are working in Windows).  If so,
you have three options.  1) Move lahore.txt to the current working
directory (you can find with directory that is using the function
getwd()).  2) Specify the full path in read.delim (e.g.,
read.delim("c:/my documents/data/lahore.txt").  3) Change the working
directory to the one in which lahore.txt is located using the function
setwd().

Hope this helps.
David

On 30/10/06, amna khan <amnakhan493 at gmail.com> wrote:
> *I am a very new user of R. I've spent several hours trying to import
> data, so I feel okay asking the list for help. *
> *I had an Excel file,  then I turned it into a "tab-delimited" file, as
> instructed by directions My
> filename is "lahore.txt" I amusing the following commands for read.delim but
> i am getting following mesages. Sir i am sending you my excel data file i
> request you to   please write the right read.delim function for  importing
> data file after transforming it into a tab-delimited form.*
>
> lahore<-read.delim("lahore.txt")
> Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> cannot open file 'lahore.txt', reason 'No such file or directory'
>
> Regards
>
> AMINA SHAHZADI*.*
> Department of Statistics
> GC University Lahore, Pakistan.
> Email:
> amnakhan493 at gmail.com
> amna_989 at hotmail.com
> amna_989 at yahoo.com
>
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