There are a couple of oddities in what's been provided. Some may be
genuine, and others perhaps just in the email trail.
read.csv should have no space in the function name
" cancer_data" should be the EXACT name of the file. It's unusual
to start
a filename with a space. Also relatively unusual to not have file extension
so this might actually be "cancer_data.csv"
You can't attach files to this system. That would be a security disaster!
You may actually find tidyverse easier to work with. If you are struggling
to load data in, I suspect you will. In which case:
# run this line once only
install.packages("tidyverse")
Then run this:
require(tidyverse)
g <- read_csv("cancer_data.csv")
Tidyverse will *try* to sort datatypes out and defaults to coma and headers
On Sun, 29 Mar 2026, 10:32 John C Frain, <frainj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Your file was not attached to your email
>
> Try
>
> g<-read. csv (" cancer_data", header=TRUE, sep= ',')
>
> Also, you should consult the help files before posting.
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> On Sun 29 Mar 2026, 09:34 Li DiJulia, <dijulia98 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > To whom it may concern,
> >
> > I am trying to save this file "cancer data," which I have
attached in
> this
> > email, into working directory and when I click on "to source file
> location"
> > under set working directory" it says- The current active source
is not
> > saved so does not have a directory to change into. I even clicked on
> > "choose directory" under set working directory, my file
still won't show
> > up.
> >
> > As for running data, When I downloaded the cancer data into R studio
and
> > ran g<-read. csv (" cancer_data," header=True, sep
','), I got this error
> > message: *unexpected string consonant in g<-read. csv. ("
cancer_data,"
> > header=True, sep ',').*
> >
> > Note: I saved the data in my computer as "cancer data." I am
not sure
> what
> > I am doing wrong. Please advise
> >
> > When I tried this g<-read.csv. ("cancer_data,"
header=true, sep=",") I
> got
> > this: in read.csv. ("cancer_data, header= true,
sep=','):could not find
> > function "read.csv". I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
Please advise
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
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