On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:08 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net>wrote:
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> On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Val wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:59 AM, David Winsemius
> <dwinsem...@comcast.net>wrote:
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>> On Oct 28, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Val wrote:
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>> Val, please take it slow, you are missing basic stuff here.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> (1) Windows Explorer may hide extensions; the 'Type' column should
>>>> read 'R file' anyway.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> * Yes I looked at it and it only shows type. To check I downloaded
>>> another script with R extension "test.R" and the type column shows the
>>> exact extension(i.e., test.R).
>>> *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> (2) Script files are included in your workspace with the comand
>>>> source().
>>>> Please type ?source for details.
>>>>
>>>> (3) You should call files with their path and extensions (in your case
>>>> 'Rossi.R')
>>>> I can open the script using this command,
>>>>
>>>> * Rossi <- read.table( file.choose(),header=T)
>>> *
>>> *Why I can not open with this command?*
>>>
>>> Rossi <- read.table("C:/Documents and Settings/Val/My
>>> Documents/R_data/prd/Rossi.dat",header=T)
>>>
>>> *David,
>>> *You suggested to use ,
>>>
>>> Rossi <- read.table(paste("C:/Documents and Settings/Val/My
>>> Documents/R_data/prd", "Rossi.dat", sep="/"), header=T)
>>>
>>> This is not working as well I got the same error message.
>>>
>>
>> H0: there is no file by that name in that directory.
>> HA: (or Windows and the email process is mucking up the spaces in the
>> path). I do not "see" a space between "My" and "Documents" in the email
>> representation.
>>
>> I originally asked and you never answered...HOW did your save "Rossi" or
>> "Rossi.dat"? Code and output ... we want all your code and console output!
>>
>> *Sorry for that and this is the code that was saved as "Ross.R". *
>
>
>
> This? What was "this"? In my opinion, indefinite pronouns should be banned
> from discourse when discussing computer programs.
>
> *Now I manged to save it as *.R.
> By default when I clicked file --> save as ---> the window asks file
> name and shows save as type --> R files(*.R) file type. In my case I was
> typing only the file name " Ross" without the extension assuming that the
> window will append the extension since it asked me R files(*.R). I thought
> it is just like the other windows program like Word or Excel. Now I have
> to type the full file name Ross.R.
>
> *
>
>
> There still appears to be confusion about data files and scripts. Do you
> have both?
>
> I was asking about the file that you were hoping to read with the
> read.table command. Please stop referring to creation of scripts. The
> read.table command is not to be used for accessing scripts. Only source()
> would be so used
>
> Again. Please produce the original code you used to create the file which
> you are hoping to access using read.table.
>
>
>
> *The script file name is Ross.R
> *
>
>
> Which is of no interest to us unless you named a data file incorrectly. We
> still would need to know HOW it was created. What were the commands? What
> was in it?
>
>
> David,
*Yes You are right! I used note pad to create the data and when I added *
*.txt** in the file name then it worked. Sorry for the confusion*
Rossi <- read.table(paste("C:/Documents and Settings/Val/My
Documents/R_data/prd", "Rossi.dat*.txt*", sep="/"), header=T)
*
Thanks a lot for your patience
Val*
* *
> *Rossi <- read.table(paste("C:/Documents and Settings/Val/My
> Documents/R_data/prd", "Rossi.dat", sep="/"), header=T)*
>
>
> the console output is
> Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> In file(file, "r") :
> cannot open file 'C:/Documents and Settings/Val/My
> Documents/R_data/prd/Rossi.dat': No such file or directory
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> So, please reproduce complete code and complete error messages. There are
>> often details in those messages that new users are unable to decode.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Any help is highly appreciated
>>>
>>> Val
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope the above help,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Val <valkr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The working directory is
>>>>>
>>>>> getwd()
>>>>>>
>>>>> [1] "C:/Documents and Settings/Val/My Documents"
>>>>>
>>>>> The data file(Rossi.dat) and the script(Rossi.R) are in
>>>>> "C:/Documents and Settings/Val/My Documents/R_data/prd"
>>>>>
>>>>> How should I write to read the file?
>>>>>
>>>>> source(???) # what should be included here?
>>>>>
>>>>> Rossi <- read.table('Rossi.dat',header=T)
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I still got the same error message.
>>>>>
>>>>> Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
>>>>> In addition: Warning message:
>>>>> In file(file, "r") : cannot open file 'Rossi': No such file or
>>>>> directory
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Val
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:32 AM, David Winsemius <
>>>>>
>>>> dwinsem...@comcast.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 28, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Val wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi User's,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This might be a simple question but it is giving me a hard time as I
>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> a
>>>>
>>>>> new user.
>>>>>>> I installed R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. I just copied a short script from Fox (2002) as a practice and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> wanted
>>>>
>>>>> to save it as Rossi.R.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> How?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The system saved it without complain but when I looked at using a
>>>>>>
>>>>> windows
>>>>
>>>>> explorer it is not *.R file but only Rossi. Why this is happening?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you were to include the code, we perhaps could tell you. In its
>>>>>>
>>>>> default
>>>>
>>>>> mode Windows may be hiding the extension from you. (Or possibly because
>>>>>>
>>>>> R
>>>>
>>>>> does not postpend file types and (I am now guessing here about a
>>>>>> package
>>>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>
>>>>> have not used and don't even know if you are) neither does Rcmdr.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. the script and the data files are in the same working directory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I
>>>>
>>>>> run the following script
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rossi <- read.table('Rossi',header=T)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No path specification. And ??? thought you said it was a script,
>>>>>> which
>>>>>> would have been loaded with source()
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rossi[1:5,1:10]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But this suggests you are using it as data. ????
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you get when your type this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> getwd()
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the working directory is > getwd()
>>>>>>
>>>>> [1] "C:/Documents and Settings/val/My Documents"
>>>>>
>>>>>> getwd()
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe if you tried (untested)... Nah ... not going to do further
>>>>>>
>>>>> guessing.
>>>>
>>>>> Read the posting guide and supply the missing elements.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I got the following error messages
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Error in file(file, "r") : cannot open the connection
>>>>>>> In addition: Warning message:
>>>>>>> In file(file, "r") : cannot open file 'Rossi': No such file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> or
>>>>
>>>>> directory
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rossi[1:5,1:10]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Error: object 'Rossi' not found
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for your help in advance
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Val
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David Winsemius, MD
>>>>>> Heritage Laboratories
>>>>>> West Hartford, CT
>>>>>>
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>> David Winsemius, MD
>> Heritage Laboratories
>> West Hartford, CT
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> David Winsemius, MD
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