[R-SIG-Mac] import data Mac OS

[David Winsemius]

On May 2, 2011, at 7:22 AM, Thor Jensen wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Thanks a ton to everyone on this thread.  Apologies for breaking
> posting etiquette - this was my first post.
>
> I got it to work using a few different suggestions, the only thing is
> the my .csv file is appearing in R as separated by semicolons.  The
> column headings are separated only by a period, preventing me from
> manipulating the data.  For example:

Use an editor to change the period in the header to a semi-colon and  
then use read.csv2()

-- 
David.
>
>> Test=read.csv(file="~/Desktop/heightweight.csv")
> Message d'avis :
> In read.table(file = file, header = header, sep = sep, quote =  
> quote,  :
>  readTableHeader a trouvé une ligne finale incomplète dans
> '~/Desktop/heightweight.csv'
>> Test
>  Height.Weight
> 1       200;180
> 2       180;170
> 3       160;130
> 4       210;200
>> Test$Height
> [1] 200;180 180;170 160;130 210;200
> Levels: 160;130 180;170 200;180 210;200
>> Test$Weight
> NULL
>>
>
> I have been using the above .csv file to learn the R program before
> importing a much larger data set, some three thousand rows long.
> Thanks again for all the inputs, and if I am using the thread
> incorrectly feel free to say so.  Not intending to abuse the service.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Thor
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Thor Jensen <thor.jsn at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am unable to write a pathway to .csv files saved on my computer.  I
>> can get this to work on a windows machine, but the mac returns a
>> message saying the file does not exist.  Any tips on how to import
>> data on mac's?  For example, the below line was unsuccesful.
>> read.csv(file="Macintosh HD:Users:ThorJ:Desktop:heightweight.csv"
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Thor
>>
>
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David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT