fread
You still remember how to use read.table()
, right? Well, fread()
is a function that does the same job with very similar arguments. It is extremely easy to use and blazingly fast! Often, simply specifying the path to the file is enough to successfully import your data.
Don't take our word for it, try it yourself! You'll be working with the potatoes.csv
(view) file, that's available in your workspace. Fields are delimited by commas, and the first line contains the column names.
Diese Übung ist Teil des Kurses
Introduction to Importing Data in R
Anleitung zur Übung
- Use
library()
to load (NOT install) thedata.table
package. You do not need to install the package, it is already installed on DataCamp's servers. - Import
"potatoes.csv"
withfread()
. Simply pass it the file path and see if it worked. Store the result in a variablepotatoes
. - Print out
potatoes
.
Interaktive Übung
Versuche dich an dieser Übung, indem du diesen Beispielcode vervollständigst.
# load the data.table package using library()
library(____)
# Import potatoes.csv with fread(): potatoes
____ <- ____
# Print out potatoes
___