Thanks David, but I have searched my hard drive using the search utility in Windows (not just c:\temp - the whole drive) for the file in question and it is not there. I have also used:
data() to see the names of all dataframes in the datasets package as well as: data(package=.packages(all.available=TRUE)) to see all available data sets Both methods provide an extensive list, but not "daphnia.txt" -Dave > CC: r-help@r-project.org > From: dwinsem...@comcast.net > To: dreamwat...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [R] can't find "daphnia.txt" and others while working through > Crawley's R-Book > Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:28:54 -0400 > > > On Apr 15, 2010, at 11:42 AM, David Hardie wrote: > > > > > I have a feeling that this is an embarassingly simple fix, but I've > > been at it for most of the morning and can't get things figured out. > > > > I'm trying to work through some examples in Crawley's "The R Book". > > I have installed packages and libraries as described in the book, > > but when I try, for example: > > > > data<-read.table("c:\\temp\\daphnia.txt", header=T) > > > > > > I get: > > > > Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection > > In addition: Warning message: > > In file(file, "rt") : > > cannot open file 'c:\temp\daphnia.txt': No such file or directory > > > > > > There is nothing in my c:\temp folder, so I'm not suprised that it > > doesn't work, but I can't for the life of me figure out which > > package or library I will need to gain access to this and other data > > files used in this book. > > This would appear to be more a problem with you lack of understanding > regarding the file management utilities of Windows. In Linux or a Mac > you could use the locate function to track down where the file ended > up, but surely whatever Windows version you have allows such searching. > > -- > David. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -Dave > > > > > David Winsemius, MD > West Hartford, CT > _________________________________________________________________ [[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.