Importing a CSV file
On Sep 19, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> wrote:
Em 19-09-2012 15:01, Sarah Goslee escreveu:
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Frans Marcelissen <frans.marcelissen at digipsy.nl> wrote:
Hi,
Should'nt it be A <- read.csv("C:\\\\Users\\Anthi\\Desktop\\R\\A.csv",
header=TRUE)
(c:\\ becomes c:\ In general I think it is better to use / and //)
Frans
No idea; I was copying the original poster's version. In this case, it would definitely be better to take advice on path construction from someone who uses Windows!
I use Windows and the answer is no, the four backslashes don't make sense, because like Frans said, c:\\ becomes c:\ (There is no such thing as c:\\\\ ---> c:\\). Rui Barradas
Ahoy Mateys, Not to mention, creating file paths on Windows is an Arrrr FAQ: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#R-can_0027t-find-my-file Savvy? Marc Schwartz P.S. It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day, which of course fits with a certain language we all hold dear. Somebody had to do it... ;-)
Sarah
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Onderwerp: Re: [R] Importing a CSV file
Hi,
load() is for R's binary data files. You need to use read.csv(), as you
tried, but probably with the complete path.
A <- read.csv("C:\\Users\\Anthi\\Desktop\\R\\A.csv", header=TRUE)
Sarah
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Anthi Oikonomou <anthi.oikon at gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi, I am trying to import csv file in R console I have saved my data in a file on the desktop named R and here is my problematic script
load("C:\\Users\\Anthi\\Desktop\\R\\A.csv")
Error: bad restore file magic number (file may be corrupted) -- no data loaded In addition: Warning message: file 'A.csv' has magic number ';Abra' Use of save versions prior to 2 is deprecated when I don t load and I ask to read here is the answer
A <-read.csv("A.csv",header=TRUE)
Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning message: In file(file, "rt") : cannot open file 'A.csv': No such file or directory Do you know what should I do? Thank you in advance