... or On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:29 AM, J Toll <jct...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:01 PM, meatloafthefrog > <meatloafthef...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I want a prompt that asks the user for the file name of the table, >> the response to which will be the name of the table in R. >> >> So I did something like: >> >> file_name = function() #This >> function, when called up, prompts the user to enter the file name. >> { >> readline("Enter name of csv file: ") >> } >> filename = file_name() > > For what you're trying to do, consider simplifying to: > > filename <- readline(file.choose()) > > HTH > > James >
or even simpler, do it all in one go: mydata <- read.csv(file.choose() ) -- Bert > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ 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.