[R] Importing a CSV file

[Rui Barradas]

Em 19-09-2012 15:01, Sarah Goslee escreveu:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Frans Marcelissen
> <frans.marcelissen at digipsy.nl> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Should'nt it be A <- read.csv("C:\\\\Users\\Anthi\\Desktop\\R\\A.csv",
>> header=TRUE)
>> (c:\\ becomes c:\ In general I think it is better to use / and //)
>> Frans
> No idea; I was copying the original poster's version. In this case, it
> would definitely be better to take advice on path construction from
> someone who uses Windows!

I use Windows and the answer is no, the four backslashes don't make 
sense, because like Frans said, c:\\ becomes c:\
(There is no such thing as c:\\\\ ---> c:\\).

Rui Barradas


>
> Sarah
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
>> Namens Sarah Goslee
>> Verzonden: woensdag 19 september 2012 15:44
>> Aan: Anthi Oikonomou
>> CC: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> Onderwerp: Re: [R] Importing a CSV file
>>
>> 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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