[R] Read Unicode text (*.txt)

[Jeff Newmiller]

Don't be so US-centric, Abby... how do you know that javad's version of Excel doesn't default to using semicolons?

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On July 1, 2019 6:06:32 PM PDT, Abby Spurdle <spurdle.a using gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to read an excel CSV file (1.csv). When I read it as csv
>file
>> in R, the R shows me the exact number of row. But it puts all columns
>in
>> one column, while I have 3 or 4 columns in the data frame.
>> d4 = read.table("./4.csv",sep=";",header=TRUE)
>
>Firstly, I recommend against naming your file "1.csv".
>(Start with a letter not a number).
>
>Secondly, a CSV file should be separated by commas not semicolons.
>You can specify sep=",", however, it's probably easier to use the
>read.csv() function.
>
>Note that you should be able to open your file in a text editor to see
>the
>separators.
>
>> I dont know why in the "save as type" box Unicode text (*.txt)
>
>Other posters have suggested that you need to specify the encoding.
>Assuming that you create your CSV file correctly in Excel, I doubt that
>this is necessary, but I could be wrong...
>
>Your comment suggests that you have saved your document as "Unicode
>text".
>You need to tell Excel to save the file as a CSV file.
>(There should be a list of save options).
>
>Simply typing a file name with a .csv file extension is unlikely to
>produce
>the desired result.
>
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