[R] display basename

[Henrik Bengtsson]

So why not suggest

pathname <- file.choose()
z <- read.table(pathname, dec=".", header=TRUE)

instead.

/Henrik

On Nov 20, 2007 2:58 PM, Bert Gunter <gunter.berton at gene.com> wrote:
> z=read.table(chosen <- file.choose(),dec=".",header=TRUE)
>
> will assign the return value of file.choose (the path names of the file as a
> character string) to chosen.
>
> This sort of code is seductive, but I find it quite difficult to read. I
> have also gotten myself into trouble from time to time doing it sloppily.
>
> Bert Gunter
> Genentech Nonclinical Statistics
>
>
>
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>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm sorry for asking a dumb question, but I don't find how to loos it.
>
> I need to display the name of the choosing file using this command :
>
> z=read.table(file.choose(),dec=".",header=TRUE)
>
> Thanks for any help.
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