[R-SIG-Mac] Problems loading data file in Mac--How do you specify path name

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 04/11/2009 6:07 PM, Ali S wrote:
> I have used R in Windows, but am now trying it on a Mac. I am having problems loading my data as I am not sure how the path names work. Here is what I have tried and am getting errors with:
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> sfs2<-read.delim(“/Users/fj/Documents/Data/Analysis/student2.txt", header
> = TRUE, sep = "\t")

If that was cut and paste, it looks as though you used the wrong kind of 
quotes for the open quote.  But the easiest way to get the path right is 
the same on the Mac as on Windows:  use file.choose() rather than typing 
it explicitly.

Duncan Murdoch

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