Hi, load() is for R's binary data files. You need to use read.csv(), as you tried, but probably with the complete path.
A <- read.csv("C:\\Users\\Anthi\\Desktop\\R\\A.csv", header=TRUE) Sarah On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Anthi Oikonomou <anthi.oi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to import csv file in R console > I have saved my data in a file on the desktop named R and here is my > problematic script > >> load("C:\\Users\\Anthi\\Desktop\\R\\A.csv") > Error: bad restore file magic number (file may be corrupted) -- no data > loaded > In addition: Warning message: > file ‘A.csv’ has magic number ';Abra' > Use of save versions prior to 2 is deprecated > when I don t load and I ask to read here is the answer >> A <-read.csv("A.csv",header=TRUE) > Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection > In addition: Warning message: > In file(file, "rt") : cannot open file 'A.csv': No such file or directory > > > Do you know what should I do? > Thank you in advance > -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ 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.