[R] Problem reading from a file

[David Winsemius]

1) What is the rest of your code ... e.g. that part which sets up the  
file names and at least the parameters and file access parts of the  
function cluster_compare?

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2) Just a guess in the absence of code.  Does this work:
> cluster_compare( myfile <- file.choose(), mclfile <- file.choose() )


-- 
David

On Jun 18, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Nick Angelou wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I have written a function
>
> cluster_compare(myfile, mclfile)
>
> I called it giving names of files in the working directory (I see  
> them with
> dir()). I get
>
> Error in file("myfile", "r") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> In file("myfile", "r") :
>  cannot open file 'myfile': No such file or directory
>
> I tried even calling the function like that:
>
> myfile <- file.choose()
> mclfile <- file.choose()
> cluster_compare(myfile, mclfile)
>
> where I interactively select the files. Yet, I get the same error  
> again.
> It's quite puzzling. Any advice? (fyi - I'm on Vista)
>
> regards,
>
> Nick
>
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David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT