[R] Importing a CSV file

[Sarah Goslee]

Hi,

load() is for R's binary data files. You need to use read.csv(), as
you tried, but probably with the complete path.

A <- read.csv("C:\\Users\\Anthi\\Desktop\\R\\A.csv", header=TRUE)

Sarah

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Anthi Oikonomou <anthi.oikon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to import csv file in R console
> I have saved my data in a file on the desktop named R and here is my
> problematic script
>
>> load("C:\\Users\\Anthi\\Desktop\\R\\A.csv")
> Error: bad restore file magic number (file may be corrupted) -- no data
> loaded
> In addition: Warning message:
> file ‘A.csv’ has magic number ';Abra'
>    Use of save versions prior to 2 is deprecated
> when I don t load and I ask to read here is the answer
>> A <-read.csv("A.csv",header=TRUE)
> Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> In file(file, "rt") : cannot open file 'A.csv': No such file or directory
>
>
> Do you know what should I do?
> Thank you in advance
>

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Sarah Goslee
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