You can try tcltk: library(tcltk) tk_choose.files()
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Uwe, > > > (assuming R-2.11.1) > Yes > > > Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE) > Enter file name: > > My problem here is ; > the file is NOT on /home/user directory. I need to browse for it. > > > list.files() > [1] "boxplot.pdf" "Desktop" "FourPlots01.png" "hist.png" > [5] "jranke_cran.asc" "M-x R" "M-x R~" > > > B.R. > Stephen L > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> > To: Stephen Liu <sati...@yahoo.com> > Cc: R-help@r-project.org > Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 9:20:48 PM > Subject: Re: [R] About choosing file > > > > On 26.08.2010 09:50, Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > > > Following command only works on Windows > >> Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE) > > > > It popup open a dialog box for choosing file. > > > > > > But it doesn't work on Linux (Ubuntu); > >> Test01=read.table(file.choose(), header=TRUE) > > Enter file name: > > > > > > Entering file name doesn't work. Please advise. TIA > > > (assuming R-2.11.1) > > Why not? What happens? What is the error message? Which file did you > specify and does > list.files() > lists the file? Please show the output. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > > > > B.R. > > Stephen L > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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