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 datadelim: 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
Exercise instructions
- Import all the data in
"potatoes.txt"usingread_delim(); store the resulting data frame inpotatoes. - 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
___