Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-14 Thread John Kane
--- On Fri, 5/13/11, Me wrote: > From: Me > Subject: Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R > To: r-help@r-project.org > Received: Friday, May 13, 2011, 10:25 PM > OK, I have another question if you > guys don't mind helping again. I have all > of the information I ne

Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-14 Thread David Winsemius
On May 13, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Me wrote: OK, I have another question if you guys don't mind helping again. I have all of the information I need in a csv file, and I've read the csv file into R, but I'm having some trouble manipulating it. In the past, I've always manipulated data that was pr

Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-14 Thread Me
OK, I have another question if you guys don't mind helping again. I have all of the information I need in a csv file, and I've read the csv file into R, but I'm having some trouble manipulating it. In the past, I've always manipulated data that was premade for me in the class I'm in, so I think I'm

Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-13 Thread skfgla...@gmail.com
] Uploading CSV file into R Sorry if I don't know all the vocabulary. I'm taking a research methods class that uses R, but I'm a journalism major, so I'm not very good with a lot of computer jargon. The read.csv operator didn't work. I got the following error message

Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-13 Thread Jannis
Did you download this data to the location given in the command? 'Downloads/UNdata_Export_20110511_130705015.csv' The way I read this eror message is that the file either does not exist or the path is speelled incorrectly! You probably have to set the working directory ( setwd() ) to one folde

Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-12 Thread peter dalgaard
On May 13, 2011, at 05:57 , Me wrote: > Sorry if I don't know all the vocabulary. I'm taking a research methods class > that uses R, but I'm a journalism major, so I'm not very good with a lot of > computer jargon. > > The read.csv operator didn't work. I got the following error message: > Error

Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-12 Thread Me
Sorry if I don't know all the vocabulary. I'm taking a research methods class that uses R, but I'm a journalism major, so I'm not very good with a lot of computer jargon. The read.csv operator didn't work. I got the following error message: Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection In

Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-11 Thread David Winsemius
On May 11, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Me wrote: Hi, I'm trying to upload two CSV files into R, Those are not csv files. They are webpages with query interfaces. They present the option of downloading the data as zipped files in various formats. and I'm having some trouble. I've used the inst

Re: [R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-11 Thread peter dalgaard
On May 11, 2011, at 18:54 , Me wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to upload two CSV files into R, What kind of misconception leads you to consider a simple read operation as an "upload", I wonder. > and I'm having some trouble. > I've used the instructions I've found on the Web, but they haven't helped s

[R] Uploading CSV file into R

2011-05-11 Thread Me
Hi, I'm trying to upload two CSV files into R, and I'm having some trouble. I've used the instructions I've found on the Web, but they haven't helped so far. I'm worried this could be because I'm using a Mac. The two data sets are here: http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=WDI&f=Indicator_Code%3aNY.GNP.