When this error might occur in R

Let’s consider that we have a CSV file: Sample and we want to read it:

R




# Try to read sample CSV file
df <- read.csv('sample.csv')


Output:

The R compiler produces this error because there is no CSV file by the name sample in the current working directory.

How to Fix in R: error in file(file, “rt”) : cannot open the connection

In this article, we are going to see how to fix the error in file(file, “rt”) : cannot open the connection. When error that one may face in R is:

Error in file(file, "rt") : 
cannot open the connection

In addition: Warning message:
In file(file, "rt") :
 cannot open file 'sample.csv': 
 No such file or directory

The R compiler produces such an error when one tries to read a CSV file but the file or the directory that is being accessed does not exist.

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When this error might occur in R

Let’s consider that we have a CSV file: Sample and we want to read it:...

How to Fix the Error

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Method 1: Using setwd()

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Method 2: Using read.csv()

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