You should copy the exact command you used, but it appears that your working directory does not contain the file. Make sure you are in the correct directory with
getwd() then change to the correct directory with setwd("directory where data1.txt is located") or select the file interactively with read.table(file.choose(), . . . .) ------------------------------------- David L Carlson Associate Professor of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77840-4352 -----Original Message----- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Clemence Germaine Sent: Monday, August 5, 2013 10:31 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] can't read a file Hi It's the first time I use R on mac, before I used on Windows, so I can't have my data when I have the function : read.table, my file is maned : data1.txt Do I use another format for my file? And when I trie list.file I have this answer : character(0) but I know where my file is on my computer. If anybody can help me? Thanks Clémence ______________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________ 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.