Hi Sarath, try "C:\\Documents and Settings\\admin\\Desktop\\data.txt" or "C:/Documents and Settings/admin/Desktop/data.txt"
or yet setwd("your path") mydata<-read.table("data.txt") cheers miltinho On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:24 PM, <sta_2...@spectrum.net.in> wrote: > Hi, > I am using R and I want to know how data can be transferred from Excel > Spread sheet to R for analyzing. I have done like this > > mydata<-read.table("C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Desktop\data.txt"); > > > but its not working how can i do it > > regards > > Sarath Sankar V > Spectrum Softtech Solution > > ______________________________________________ > 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<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 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.