Problem with read.table and scan

The R version is 1.3.1 and the following is an example of the problem:

air <- read.table("air.data",header=TRUE)

Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open file `air.data'

Just specify the location completely, e.g.:
 read.table("c:/my_path_to_the_file/air.data", header=TRUE)

R looks in your current working directory for files without specified
path.
You get the current working directory by
  getwd()

Uwe Ligges
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Hi Scott,

You may have some missing data points or something. Try reading the file
in with this command:

air <- read.table("air.data",header=TRUE, fill=TRUE)

Fill will replace missing data with NA
Also, a previous response suggested using the complete address i.e.
"c\...\air.data". Notice that R uses Unix style slashes \ to avoid
confusion with the division symbol and to keep with Unix style.

S. David White
sdavidwhite at bigfoot.com
Columbus, Ohio

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%The R version is 1.3.1 and the following is an example of the problem:
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%> air <- read.table("air.data",header=TRUE)
%Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open file `air.data'
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%> I have just installed R on a Windows NT system.  Unfortunately I am unable
%> to open any of the data files I wish to work with.  I have tried using
%> read.table and scan and to the best of my knowledge am using the correct
%> syntax.  The error message I receive is
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%> Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open file [file name]
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%> I have the data in text files in white-space delimited form.  I put them
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