On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Frans Marcelissen <frans.marcelis...@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-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > Namens Sarah Goslee > Verzonden: woensdag 19 september 2012 15:44 > Aan: Anthi Oikonomou > CC: r-h...@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.oi...@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 >> > -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.