[R] Putting directory path as a parameter

[R. Michael Weylandt <michael.weylandt@gmail.com>]

Try pasting them together like

paste(dir, "...")

You may need to use the collapse argument. Alternatively, change your working directory to dir with setwd(). 

M

On Nov 15, 2011, at 9:12 AM, aajit75 <aajit75 at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> Hi List,
> 
> I am new to R, this may be simple. 
> 
> I want to store directory path as parameter which in turn to be used while
> reading and writing data from csv files.
> 
> How I can use dir defined  in the below mentioned example while reading the
> csv file.
> 
> Example:
> dir <- "C:/Users/Desktop" #location of file
> 
> temp_data <- read.csv("dir/bs_dev_segment_file.csv")
> 
> If I run this it will show errors:
> 
> Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> In file(file, "rt") :
>  cannot open file 'dir/bs_dev_segment_file.csv': No such file or directory
> 
> Regards,
> -Ajit
> 
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