Neat. Thanks.
On 1/22/20 10:17 AM, Bert Gunter wrote:
>
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto:rmsh...@me.com>
>
> > On Jan 21, 2020, at 2:02 PM, Kevin Thorpe
> <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org> on behalf of
> ja...@jsasoc.com <mailto: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
> <mailto: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.
> >>
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