[R] Issues with loading csv file

[WRAY NICHOLAS]

Something you could try is to put a small csv file into a location and set
the word to that and see whether it's finding it
eg
setwd("C:/Users/Shivi/Documents/")
open this file, stick a csv doc and see whether R will read it

Nick

On 25 May 2015 at 13:19, Shivi82 <shivibhatia at ymail.com> wrote:

> HI All,
>
> I am trying to load an CSV file into the R project. the code for the same
> is:
> mydata<- read.csv("Jan-May Data.csv", header=TRUE)
>
> however with this I am getting the below error message:
> /*Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> In file(file, "rt") :
>   cannot open file 'Jan-May Data.csv': No such file or directory*/
>
> I am under the impression that R automatically pulls the data from the
> working directory and we do not have to add the location where the file is
> saved. Please let me know if my understanding is correct and help on the
> error as well.
>
> Please note the csv file is already saved in the WD.
> Thank you, Shivi
>
>
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