{"id":22235,"date":"2024-03-15T23:14:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T23:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-read-txt-data-files-in-r-language\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T22:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:23:42","slug":"how-to-read-txt-data-files-in-r-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-read-txt-data-files-in-r-language\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read txt data files in R language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In R language, the read.table() function can be used to read a txt data file.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the basic steps for reading a txt data file:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use the setwd() function to set the working directory, making the folder where the file is located the current working directory. For example, setwd(&#8220;C:\/data&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li>Use the read.table() function to read a txt file, specify the file path and name, and assign the result to a variable. 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