
R file path windows windows#
On windows, I think the best thing to do to improve your workflow with windows specific paths in R is to use e.g. windows/shell: Invoke a System Command, using a Shell windows/shell.exec: Open a File or URL using Windows File Associations with: Evaluate an Expression in a Data Environment withVisible. Construct the path to a file from components in a platform-independent way. Just replace the "\" with "/" or use an additional "\" to escape the "\" from its special meaning and everything works smooth. file.path: R Documentation: Construct Path to File Description. , have a look here ).īecause R does not know the sequence \U it complains.

A sample path to the R executable can be /usr/local/bin/R on macOS or C:Program FilesRR-3.6.1binR.exe on Windows. R is not able to understand normal windows paths correctly because the "\" has special meaning - it is used as escape character to give following characters special meaning ( \n for newline, \t for tab, \r for carriage return. In the file system, select the R executable file. file.path function - RDocumentation file.path: Construct Path to File Description Construct the path to a file from components in a platform-independent way.

Try this: x <- read.csv("C:/Users/surfcat/Desktop/2006_dissimilarity.csv", header=TRUE)
