R is looking for an R object named Wordata1.csv that contains your file name.
Instead you want: mydata <- read.csv ("Wordata1.csv", sep="") Sarah On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Alina Sheyman <alina...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't used R in a couple of years, and now am trying something as > simple as importing a csv file and am running into problems right away. > * > mydata <- read.csv (Wordata1.csv, sep="") > Error in read.table(file = file, header = header, sep = sep, quote = quote, > : > object 'Wordata1.csv' not found > > *I've tried in both as as read.csv and read.table and still get the same > message. > I've double-checked that I'm in the right directory using "getwd()" and > indeed I am. > > Any ideas on what might be causing this error message? Can it be something > in the format of the file? > (I've looked through the archives and didn't see anything that might explain > it) > > thank you!!! > Alina -- 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.