i want to read a txt file "weekly". this file is in d:/my documents
i tried the following
a<-read.table("d:/my documents/weekly", sep=" ",
header=TRUE)
but get the following error:
Error in open.connection(file, "r") : unable to open connection
In addition: Warning message:
cannot open file 'd:/my documents/weekly', reason 'No such file or
directory' in: open.connection(file, "r")
why?
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tzsmile wrote:> i want to read a txt file "weekly". this file is in d:/my documents > i tried the following > a<-read.table("d:/my documents/weekly", sep=" ", header=TRUE) > but get the following error: > Error in open.connection(file, "r") : unable to open connection > In addition: Warning message: > cannot open file 'd:/my documents/weekly', reason 'No such file or > directory' in: open.connection(file, "r") > why? >Perhaps it has a filename extension, which Microsoft in their infinite wisdom is suppressing? The easiest way to open a file in windows is to use file.choose() in place of a specification of the filename. It will return a correct filename, which read.table can use, i.e. read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE) or f <- file.choose() read.table(f, header=TRUE) Duncan Murdoch
Hi there,
You need the extension "txt". Try this:
a<-read.table("d:/my documents/weekly.txt", sep=" ",
header=TRUE)
HTH,
Jorge
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:43 PM, tzsmile <rz2171@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> i want to read a txt file "weekly". this file is in d:/my
documents
> i tried the following
> a<-read.table("d:/my documents/weekly", sep=" ",
header=TRUE)
> but get the following error:
> Error in open.connection(file, "r") : unable to open connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> cannot open file 'd:/my documents/weekly', reason 'No such file
or
> directory' in: open.connection(file, "r")
> why?
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