"John Sorkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Rashmi,
> I suggest you store the file as a comma separated file (.CSV). You can
> import a .csv file using the read.csv function
> data<-read.csv("d:\\myfile.csvl")
> I suggest you look at the help file for read.csv, i.e.
> help(read.csv)
Sorry, but this doesn't make sense. read.delim() reads tab-separated
files just as easily as read.csv() reads comma-separated ones (and in
both cases, there is a "2" variant for locales in which comma is used
as decimals separator as in 0,02 EUR).
As others have pointed out, the real issue was how to specify a
filename, and the use of the backslash escape. And Duncan M. pointed
towards file.choose() as a user-friendly helper on Windows.
> John
>
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> >>> Rashmi Pant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/04/06 2:22 AM >>>
> Hi
> I am a beginner with R.
> I have been trying to import a tab delimited excel file but i get the
> following error message
> > file.show('C:\Documents and
> Settings\stats\Desktop\SUMI\plasma2.txt')
> Warning message:
> file.show(): file 'C:Documents and SettingsstatsDesktopSUMIplasma2.txt'
> does not exist
> I have understood the programming part but i cannot go ahead unless i
> have imported the file. I have consulted the R-help archive without
> success.
> Any help will be appreciated
> Thanks in advance
>
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