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read_delim

Just as read.table() was the main utils function, read_delim() is the main readr function.

read_delim() takes two mandatory arguments:

  • file: the file that contains the data
  • delim: the character that separates the values in the data file

You'll again be working with potatoes.txt (view); the file uses tabs ("\t") to delimit values and does not contain column names in its first line. It's available in your working directory so you can start right away. As before, the vector properties is available to set the col_names.

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to Importing Data in R

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Exercise instructions

  • Import all the data in "potatoes.txt" using read_delim(); store the resulting data frame in potatoes.
  • Print out potatoes.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Column names
properties <- c("area", "temp", "size", "storage", "method",
                "texture", "flavor", "moistness")

# Import potatoes.txt using read_delim(): potatoes
potatoes <- ___

# Print out potatoes
___
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