You probably left off the quotes for the file name
mydata <- read.csv ("Wordata1.csv", sep="")it is looking for an R variable named Wordata1.csv which contains the name of the file. Since you are giving it the name of the file, it must be in a character-valued constant. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Alina Sheyman <alina...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't used R in a couple of years, and now am trying something as > simple as importing a csv file and am running into problems right away. > * > mydata <- read.csv (Wordata1.csv, sep="") > Error in read.table(file = file, header = header, sep = sep, quote = quote, > : > object 'Wordata1.csv' not found > > *I've tried in both as as read.csv and read.table and still get the same > message. > I've double-checked that I'm in the right directory using "getwd()" and > indeed I am. > > Any ideas on what might be causing this error message? Can it be something > in the format of the file? > (I've looked through the archives and didn't see anything that might > explain > it) > > thank you!!! > Alina > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
