[R] Re ad a text file from a directory in which an R script finds itself

[Rau, Roland]

Hi, 

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> Subject: [R] Re ad a text file from a directory in which an R 
> script finds itself
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> 
> Is it possible for an R script to read a text file, say, from 
> the directory
> in which the script is located ?
> 
> I don't think I can use setwd(), because I can't specify the 
> directory.

maybe you have to be a bit more specific?
What do you mean by "I can't specify..."?
- you don't know how to specify the directory ->
setwd("c:/mydirectory/anotherdirectoy/")
mydata <- read.table(.....)
- you don't know the directory...hmmm, how do you know then that the
script file is there?

Does this help?
Roland

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