[R] how to read data

[William Dunlap]

If it is not in your working directory you need to
> specify the path by something like.
> 
> file="C:users//documents//R//name.txt"

No, Windows won't like the missing slash after the "C:" and using
a double forward slash is a bad habit to get into on Windows.  Use one of
   "C:\\users\\documents\\R\\name.txt"
or
   "C:/users/documents/R/name.txt"
or
   file.path("C:", "users", "documents", "R", "name.txt")
All put a single slash (backward or forward) between
each component of the file path.

Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com


> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [R] how to read data
> 
> chke1993 wrote
> > I don't know the meaning of sep="",and don't know where to add the
> > location of the file such as E//.......
> 
> sep="" means the data you are reading is separated by a white/blank space.
> sep="," would mean it is separated by a comma (,).
> 
> If the file is located in your working directory it is sufficient to put the
> file name including extension in the argument line in quotations
> (file="name.txt"). If it is not in your working directory you need to
> specify the path by something like.
> 
> file="C:users//documents//R//name.txt"
> 
> 
> 
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