[R] Importing a CSV file

[Sarah Goslee]

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!

Sarah

>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> Namens Sarah Goslee
> Verzonden: woensdag 19 september 2012 15:44
> Aan: Anthi Oikonomou
> CC: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> 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
>>
>



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