[R] Help - Importing data from txt and xlsx files

[ONKELINX, Thierry]

Dear Tom,

R does not searches your entire file system for the file. It only looks in the working directory. Have a look at ?setwd() and ?getwd()

So you will need to set the working directory, use a relative path to the file or use and absolute path to the file.

Best regards,

ir. Thierry Onkelinx
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Verzonden: vrijdag 13 april 2012 14:29
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Onderwerp: [R] Help - Importing data from txt and xlsx files

Hi all,

I have just started to use R for my PhD project and have no previous
experience in programming. I am having trouble importing data to R.   This
is the output:

> mydata <- read.table("Lv2.8.txt")
Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning message:
In file(file, "rt") :
  cannot open file 'Lv2.8.txt': No such file or directory

I know there is a file on my computer with this name though... What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Tom

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