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[Jim Lemon]

Hi Walter,
To make sure that the current R working directory is what you think it is:

getwd()

If it is not what you want, you can change it with:

setwd("C:/Program Files/R/R-3.2.3/Appendix")

Notice that I have changed the backslashes (\) to slashes (/). You can also
use doubled backslashes if you prefer. Same for loading a file with an
explicit path in another directory.

Jim

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Walter Niessen <niessen at att.net> wrote:

> Helpers,
>
> I am a pretty savvy computer user (over 40 years) but am having trouble
> with the most basic process in using the R program.  I am taking a course
> to learn the statistics utility of “R” but can’t seem to get past the
> opening where it shows the student how to input data into R.
>
> It suggests identifying as the a target folder in the Properties of the R
> x64 3.2.3 icon (I use a 64-bit Windows 7 OS) the location where data files
> are found. I entered:
>
> As the Target:  "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\bin\x64\Rgui.exe"  ... which
> contains Rgui.exe and the supporting dlls etc.
>
> As the Start in: "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\Appendix" ... where Appendix
> is a folder which contains data files such as the text file DATA1.txt which
> I created from an Excel file.
>
> When I try and get R to input the data, I get the following sequence of
> messages:
>
>
> > X=scan("DATA1.txt")
> Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> In file(file, "r") :
>   cannot open file 'DATA1.txt': No such file or directory
>
> When I try again but use the complete file description, I get:
>
> X=scan("C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\Appendix\DATA1.txt")
> Error: '\P' is an unrecognized escape in character string starting ""C:\P"
>
> I hate to ask a question not related to R or its features (that may come
> later), but, clearly, the first baby step is to be able to load data into
> the application . . . and, I am really frustrated with my inability to do
> so.
>
> Can you help?
>
> Walt
>
> Walter R. Niessen
> (978) 470-4622
>
>
>
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