Creating R file

You are right, that it is unnecessary to relate to excel.  I explain this way, because I often tutor people with little programming experience, and often I tutor people with no concept of ?text editors?.



From: Rolf Turner 
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 5:57 AM
To: Hong Yu 
Cc: infinite2849 at yahoo.com ; r-help at r-project.org 
Subject: Re: [R] Creating R file

When you need numerical data input in R programs, you can use EXCEL
to create .csv file.  When you need output calculation results, you
can write out .csv file in R programs.

Yes, the most common .cvs file format is comma seperated numerical
values.  You can use EXCEL to create .csv file, and view the content
with text editor.

There are myriad ways to create *.csv files, including text editors and 
R itself, and other sound statistical packages.  There is no need to use 
the abomination that is known as Excel.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

Technical Editor ANZJS
Department of Statistics
University of Auckland
Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276

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