[R] Some problem in opening connection with" .dat" extention file in matrix(scan) function of R 2.5

[Julian Burgos]

The error message is telling you that R cannot find your file.  Is your 
'motives_pc.dat' file in your R working directory?  If not, you have to 
give a complete path to the scan() function.

Julian


adilshah at stat.qau.edu.pk wrote:
> Dear helpers please provide me some helpful answer to my problem while I m
> trying to run a program .I m attaching both the program and the data to
> which I have to obtain my estimation results.
> "Motives.dat" is the data file, and "OBTfile4.3" is the complete code of
> program. by Running this
>  //
> rawdata<-matrix(scan(inputFile, n = nsubj*ncomp), nsubj, ncomp, byrow = TRUE)
>  \\
> The error appears to be
> //
> Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> cannot open file 'motives_pc.dat', reason 'No such file or directory' in:
> file(file, "r")
> \\
> where # name of preferences data file is assigned as,
>        inputFile <- "motives_pc.dat
> Thanking Regards
> 
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