Hi there, You need the extension "txt". Try this:
a<-read.table("d:/my documents/weekly.txt", sep=" ", header=TRUE) HTH, Jorge On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:43 PM, tzsmile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i want to read a txt file "weekly". this file is in d:/my documents > i tried the following > a<-read.table("d:/my documents/weekly", sep=" ", header=TRUE) > but get the following error: > Error in open.connection(file, "r") : unable to open connection > In addition: Warning message: > cannot open file 'd:/my documents/weekly', reason 'No such file or > directory' in: open.connection(file, "r") > why? > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/why-R-doesn%27t-recognize-my-file--tp16852537p16852537.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.