hi, check R-data import/export document at this link
cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.pdf let me give you an advice for further questions : it's easiest to find answer to your question searching directly with google -- ------ Yves Magliulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R&D Engineer, CLIMPACT Tel. : +33 (0) 1 44 27 34 31 Fax. : +33 (0) 1 44 27 49 96 Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Boite 101 - Tour 45 - 5eme etage - Couloir 45/46 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris CEDEX 05, France Le mar 12/10/2004 à 17:56, Kevin Bartz a écrit : > Yayira har wrote: > > I started to learn the R language, but I didn't suceed to use an external file. > > > > Let say that I have an excel file called "test1.xls" in the directory > > "C:/program files/R/rw2000/external_files" that looks like that: > > > > name mark > > yair 80 > > yosi 70 ... > > > > In the appropriate directory I wrote this: > > > > x<-read.delim("test1.xls") > > > > or this: > > > > x<-read.csv("test1.xls") > > > > but I got: > > > > [1] X...... > > <0 rows> (or 0-length row.names) > > > > way cannot I read the file? what is the appropriate command for reading an excel > > file? > > > > I looked at the site of R-project but I didn't find a suitable comand. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > Hi Yayiya, > > R looks less than fondly on Excel files. The easiest solution for you > will be to export your Excel file to a tab-delimited text format (Save > -> (.txt) Tab-delimited Text), and then use read.delim as you did. Does > that make sense? > > Kevin > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html