[R] Running CSV File

[CALUM POLWART]

I don't know why you've reposted this.

However, the image is now available which shows the file is actually called

Cancer data.csv

That's how it should appear in the command. No _ no , no space before the
name. And make the C capital (windows probably won't care, Linux etc would)

Now. You also are trying to do a chisq. That seems a jump ahead.

Before I did that I would be doing head(g)

To explain your code:

g <- read.csv("Cancer data.csv" header=TRUE, sep=',')

Is what you want. And it will create an object "g".

head(g) will display the top few lines of the object. Effectively a preview
of your data


I'm assuming from your chisq example that you might want

chisq.test(x = g$five_a_day, y = g$cancer)

That said - I've never read data from a CSV and run a chisq straight off
like that.
So it may well be you need to do more work

I fear you are trying to learn R and either doing homework (in which case -
you should go back to the course and say you need help) or you are trying
to learn R with a live project and you might need to start with an online
tutorial. Beware that spelling matters in programming.

On Tue, 31 Mar 2026, 21:26 Li DiJulia, <dijulia98 using gmail.com> wrote:

> On my computer, I saved the file as Cancer Data. csv. When I tried to put
> the "Cancer Data.csv"  in the working directory, under "source file," it
> says the currently active source file is not saved so doesn't have a
> directory to change into. I also tried to put it in the "choose directory"
> and my file would not show. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
>
> When I tried to run the data set in R studio, I get unexpected symbol in
> "g<-read.csv("cancer data.csv," header",despite writing g<-read.csv
> ("cancer data.csv," header=TRUE, sep=',').
>
> When I ran a Chi Square test, it said "object not found." I don't know what
> I am doing wrong
>
> Thanks.
>
> Attached are the files of the error message I am getting.
>
> On Saturday, March 28, 2026, Li DiJulia <dijulia98 using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > To whom it may concern,
> >
> > I am trying to save this file "cancer data," which I have attached in
> this
> > email, into working directory and when I click on "to source file
> location"
> > under set working directory" it says- The current active source is not
> > saved so does not have a directory to change into. I even clicked on
> > "choose directory" under set working directory, my file still won't show
> > up.
> >
> > As for running data, When I downloaded the cancer data into R studio and
> > ran g<-read. csv (" cancer_data," header=True, sep ','), I got this error
> > message: *unexpected string consonant in g<-read. csv. (" cancer_data,"
> > header=True, sep ',').*
> >
> > Note: I saved the data in my computer as "cancer data." I am not sure
> what
> > I am doing wrong. Please advise
> >
> > When I tried this g<-read.csv. ("cancer_data," header=true, sep=",") I
> got
> > this: in read.csv. ("cancer_data, header= true, sep=','):could not find
> > function "read.csv". I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Please advise
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
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