Re: [R] Request for R Assistance: Downloading Data

2018-08-20 Thread Spencer Brackett
> > --JJS > > > -- > *From:* Jeff Newmiller > *Sent:* Sunday, August 19, 2018 4:38 PM > *To:* r-help@r-project.org; Sparks, John; Spencer Brackett; > r-help@r-project.org > *Subject:* Re: [R] Request for R Assistance: Downloading Data > > I think t

Re: [R] Request for R Assistance: Downloading Data

2018-08-19 Thread Sparks, John
-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Request for R Assistance: Downloading Data I think this hunch is off the mark... the file name is fine as it is... if anything will confuse R it would be that the data inside the file are not what was expected. If in fact the file is csv formatted then the function to read

Re: [R] Request for R Assistance: Downloading Data

2018-08-19 Thread Jeff Newmiller
I think this hunch is off the mark... the file name is fine as it is... if anything will confuse R it would be that the data inside the file are not what was expected. If in fact the file is csv formatted then the function to read it would be read.csv [1] or read.table [2]. Read the help pages

Re: [R] Request for R Assistance: Downloading Data

2018-08-19 Thread Sparks, John
Just a hunch, but I would recommend simplifying your filename: remove the (CSV) portion. It could be confusing in R read syntax. Create a filename with no unnecessary punctuation and no blank spaces. --John Sparks From: R-help on behalf of Spencer Brackett

Re: [R] Request for R Assistance: Downloading Data

2018-08-19 Thread David L Carlson
The load() function is only used for binary files that R creates with the save() function. You are trying to assign the data to an object (variable) called LGG Drug. R does not allow spaces in variable names. You could try LGGDrug, LGG_Drug, or LGG.Drug. Same issue with GBM Drug. David L. Car

Re: [R] Request for R Assistance: Downloading Data

2018-08-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 19 Aug 2018, Spencer Brackett wrote: I am attempting to download Genomic data from the GDC onto R for analysis and am experiencing some difficulty. I have downloaded the GDC data into an Excel, CSV, and notepad (.txt) file and implemented what I believe to be the proper arguments, with e