read.csv
The utils package, which is automatically loaded in your R session on startup, can import CSV files with the read.csv() function.
In this exercise, you'll be working with swimming_pools.csv (view); it contains data on swimming pools in Brisbane, Australia. The file contains the column names in the first row. It uses a comma to separate values within rows.
Type dir() in the console to list the files in your working directory. You'll see that it contains swimming_pools.csv, so you can start straight away.
This is a part of the course
“Introduction to Importing Data in R”
Exercise instructions
- Use
read.csv()to import"swimming_pools.csv", which is located in the current directory, as a data frame with the namepools. - Print the structure of
poolsusingstr().
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Import swimming_pools.csv: pools
pools <- ___
# Print the structure of pools
___