[R] problem with system.file

[peter dalgaard]

> On 22 May 2017, at 14:43 , Pau Marc Muñoz Torres <paumarc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello everybody
> 
> I am trying to use system.file but it returns not file found
> 
> what I have done is
> 
>> sample <- system.file("results.xlsx","estdata", package =
> "readxl",mustWork = TRUE)
> Error in system.file("results.xlsx", "estdata", package = "readxl",
> mustWork = TRUE) :
>  no file found
> 
> i have checked the path was correct and the file exists with
> 
> FILES <- file.path("results.xlsx")
> present <- file.exists(FILES)
> 
> and it returned a true values. Anyone can tell me which can be the problem ?

Not if you don't tell us WHERE you expect to find the file... 

Where is it located, and what is the value of FILES above?

It is not unlikely that you misunderstande what system.file() is supposed to do.

-pd


> 
> thanks
> 
> Pau Marc Muñoz Torres
> skype: pau_marc
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/paumarc
> http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pau_Marc_Torres3/info/
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