Check your csv file if the first field is "ID". If so then change it to something else or change it to "id". Deng
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Green Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 7:32 PM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] reading csv files - SYLK : file format not valid I am wanting to read EXCEL files into R. In the past I have saved EXCEL files as csv files without difficulty. Recently, when I have saved the files in this format I am then unable to open them again in EXCEL or though windows (XP). I receive a message stating - SYLK: file format not valid. R will read the file, but I cannot open it in windows. Csv files created and saved in the past (on the same computer) can still be opened. I am not saving as csv (Macintosh) and saving as a SYLK file results in the same error. Any suggestions are appreciated, Bob ______________________________________________ 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.
