You are right, that it is unnecessary to relate to excel. I explain this way,
because I often tutor people with little programming experience, and often I
tutor people with no concept of “text editors”.
From: Rolf Turner
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 5:57 AM
To: Hong Yu
Cc: infinite2...@yahoo.com ; r-help@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Creating R file
On 28/05/16 19:37, Hong Yu wrote:
>
> When you need numerical data input in R programs, you can use EXCEL
> to create .csv file. When you need output calculation results, you
> can write out .csv file in R programs.
>
> Yes, the most common .cvs file format is comma seperated numerical
> values. You can use EXCEL to create .csv file, and view the content
> with text editor.
There are myriad ways to create *.csv files, including text editors and
R itself, and other sound statistical packages. There is no need to use
the abomination that is known as Excel.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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