Use ?file.choose to choose a file interactively and avoid typing paths: read.table(file.choose(), header = TRUE, etc....)
will open a finder window to navigate to and click on the file you want. -- Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 11:53 PM R. Mark Sharp via R-help < r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > Open the terminal application in the Utilities folder. Select the file you > want to use in R in a Finder window and drag it to the terminal > applications command line prompt and then release the file. The absolute > path of the file will be entered in the command line of the terminal’s > window. Though this absolute path will work, relative paths are often > preferred. > > > Mark > > R. Mark Sharp, Ph.D. > rmsh...@me.com > > > On Jan 21, 2020, at 2:02 PM, Kevin Thorpe <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca> > wrote: > > > > You would also need to drop the c: as that is a DOS/Windows thing. > > > > -- > > Kevin E. Thorpe > > Head of Biostatistics, Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) > > Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's > > Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health > > University of Toronto > > email: kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca Tel: 416.864.5776 Fax: 416.864.3016 > > > > > > On 2020-01-21, 1:26 PM, "R-help on behalf of James Spottiswoode" < > r-help-boun...@r-project.org on behalf of ja...@jsasoc.com> wrote: > > > > OSX is based on BSD UNIX so paths use the forward slash as separator, > e.g. > > > > temps <- > read.table("c:/Users/DFP/Documents/ah/house/HouseTemps.txt",header=T,row.names=1) > > > > Best James > > > >> On Jan 21, 2020, at 9:20 AM, David <parkh...@indiana.edu> wrote: > >> > >> I moved to a mac a few months ago after years in windows, and I'm still > learning basics. I'm wanting to create a data frame based on a text file > called HouseTemps.txt. That's a file within one called house which is > within one called ah. That may further be in one called Documents. I > tried various lines like: > >> > >> temps <- > read.table("c:\\Users\\DFP\\Documents\\ah\\house\\HouseTemps.txt",header=T,row.names=1) > >> > >> based on my windows DOS experience, but nothing I try works. So my > question is, what do complete file names look like in a mac? > >> > >> I tried Apple support, but they couldn't help me with R. > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.