[R] importing a file

[Sarah Goslee]

R is looking for an R object named Wordata1.csv that contains your file name.

Instead you want:
mydata <- read.csv ("Wordata1.csv", sep="")

Sarah

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Alina Sheyman <alinashe at gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't used R in a couple of years, and now  am trying something as
> simple as importing a csv file and am running into problems right away.
> *
> mydata <- read.csv (Wordata1.csv, sep="")
> Error in read.table(file = file, header = header, sep = sep, quote = quote,
> :
>  object 'Wordata1.csv' not found
>
> *I've tried in both as as read.csv and read.table and still get the same
> message.
> I've double-checked that I'm in the right directory using "getwd()" and
> indeed I am.
>
> Any ideas on what might be causing this error message? Can it be something
> in the format of the file?
> (I've looked through the archives and didn't see anything that might explain
> it)
>
> thank  you!!!
> Alina


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