Re: Running CSV File

1. Working directory message. The message The current active source is not
saved so does not have a directory to change into appears when the script
youre working in hasnt been saved yet.
Once you save the script (File  Save As), RStudio will allow you to set
the working directory normally.

2. File not appearing in the directory. The dataset was saved on your
computer as cancer data without a file extension. RStudio wont
recognize it as a CSV unless it ends in .
Renaming it to cancer_data.csv (or cancer data.csv) will make it show up
correctly.

3. Errors when running . The errors you received were caused by a few syntax
issues:
* 	Using  instead of
* 	Including a trailing comma inside the filename
* 	Using  instead of Rs required
* 	The file not having a  extension
After correcting these, the proper command is:

This should load the dataset as long as the working directory is set to the
folder where the file is saved

-----Original Message-----
From: R-help <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Li DiJulia
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2026 12:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [R] Running CSV File

To whom it may concern,

I am trying to save this file "cancer data," which I have attached in this
email, into working directory and when I click on "to source file location"
under set working directory" it says- The current active source is not saved
so does not have a directory to change into. I even clicked on "choose
directory" under set working directory, my file still won't show up.

As for running data, When I downloaded the cancer data into R studio and ran
g<-read. csv (" cancer_data," header=True, sep ','), I got this error
message: *unexpected string consonant in g<-read. csv. (" cancer_data,"
header=True, sep ',').*

Note: I saved the data in my computer as "cancer data." I am not sure what I
am doing wrong. Please advise

When I tried this g<-read.csv. ("cancer_data," header=true, sep=",") I got
this: in read.csv. ("cancer_data, header= true, sep=','):could not find
function "read.csv". I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Please advise


Thanks.
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