Reading from a path
What if your CSV file is saved in a different folder?
You'll need to define the path before using read.csv().
This is a part of the course
“Introduction to Importing Data in R”
Exercise instructions
- Define the path to
swimming_pools.csv, which is located in the"datasets"folder of the home directory.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Define the path
path <- ___("___", "___", "___")
pathThis exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Importing Data in R
In this course, you will learn to read CSV, XLS, and text files in R using tools like readxl and data.table.
A lot of data comes in the form of flat files: simple tabular text files. Learn how to import the common formats of flat file data with base R functions.
Exercise 1: Introduction & read.csvExercise 2: read.csvExercise 3: Reading from a pathExercise 4: read.delim & read.tableExercise 5: read.delimExercise 6: Assigning column namesExercise 7: Column classesExercise 8: read.tableExercise 9: Final ThoughtsWhat is DataCamp?
Learn the data skills you need online at your own pace—from non-coding essentials to data science and machine learning.