About choosing file

(assuming R-2.11.1)

Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)

list.files()

Hi folks,


Following command only works on Windows

Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)

It popup open a dialog box for choosing file.


But it doesn't work on Linux (Ubuntu);

Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)

Enter file name:


Entering file name doesn't work.  Please advise.  TIA

B.R.
Stephen L

Hi Uwe,

(assuming R-2.11.1)

Yes

Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)

Enter file name:

My problem here is ;
the file is NOT on /home/user directory.  I need to browse for it.

list.files()

[1] "boxplot.pdf"     "Desktop"         "FourPlots01.png" "hist.png"
[5] "jranke_cran.asc" "M-x R"           "M-x R~"


B.R.
Stephen L






----- Original Message ----
From: Uwe Ligges<ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
To: Stephen Liu<satimis at yahoo.com>
Cc: R-help at r-project.org
Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 9:20:48 PM
Subject: Re: [R] About choosing file



On 26.08.2010 09:50, Stephen Liu wrote:

Hi folks,


Following command only works on Windows

Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)

It popup open a dialog box for choosing file.


But it doesn't work on Linux (Ubuntu);

Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE)

Enter file name:


Entering file name doesn't work.  Please advise.  TIA

(assuming R-2.11.1)

Why not? What happens? What is the error message? Which file did you
specify and does
list.files()
lists the file? Please show the output.

Best,
Uwe Ligges

B.R.
Stephen L