R help - Jan 2003 - data import

Hello,

I'm a new user of R, and unsure of why I'm getting an

error reading external files on my Mac OS 8.6 machine.

I've read through posts that would seem related (and 'R

Import/Export' and 'Introduction to R') but to no avail.

If anyone has any  suggestions, I'd be very grateful. Here's the
problem:

When I enter the command:
> guilds <- read.table(file = "/untitled.teste.txt")
I get the message:
> Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
I'm sure this is just a simple matter but I'm perplexed.

Thanks for any suggestions,

Rog?rio R. Silva


--
Rogerio Rosa da Silva

If you're using Mac OS 8.6 then you can't use / as a path separator
(unless that is part of the filename?).  Maybe try specifying the full
path to the file using the file.path() function.

-roger
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On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Rogerio Rosa da Silva wrote:
> 
>  Hello,
> 
> I'm a new user of R, and unsure of why I'm getting an
> 
> error reading external files on my Mac OS 8.6 machine.
> 
> I've read through posts that would seem related (and 'R
> 
> Import/Export' and 'Introduction to R') but to no avail.
> 
> If anyone has any  suggestions, I'd be very grateful. Here's the
problem:
> 
> When I enter the command:
> 
> > guilds <- read.table(file = "/untitled.teste.txt")
> 
> I get the message:
> 
> > Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> 
> I'm sure this is just a simple matter but I'm perplexed.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> 
> Rogério R. Silva
> 
> 
> --
> Rogerio Rosa da Silva
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>

on 1/11/03 9:10 AM, Roger Peng wrote:
> Maybe try specifying the full
> path to the file using the file.path() function.
Or use the Change Directory menu command to change the directory to match
the file location and omit all 'path' items.


--h