title: “Importing Data in R”

author: “adusu”

date: “October 7, 2015”

output: html_document

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READ.TABLE() FUNCTION

-To load the content of a text file into R, the function read.table() may be used

-usage :Type read.table({file},skip=,header=,…)at the command line

-Example: For file “testdata” with the following data:

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Filename:testdata1.txt

Date of Creation:Oct 7th

Purpose:To test loading data into R

Movie,LeadCharacter1,LeadCharacter2,Result(Prediction),Will Collect

Rudramadevi,Anushka,Allu Arjun, Average,75 to 85Cr!

BruceLee,Ramcharan,Rakul Preet,Hit,65 to 70Cr!

Akhil,Akill,Sayesha,Average,20 to 30 Cr!

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step-1:

set the working directory to the file path

example:

getwd()

“C:/Users/user/Documents”

i have set my working directory as

“D:/Rprogram ming”

moviedata<-"testdata1.txt"
moviedata

## [1] "testdata1.txt"

myedata<-read.table(moviedata,sep=",",header=TRUE,skip=3)
myedata

##         Movie Lead.Character1 Lead.Character2        Result Will.Collect
## 1 Rudramadevi         Anushka      Allu Arjun Above Average  75 to 85Cr!
## 2    BruceLee       Ramcharan     Rakul Preet           Hit  65 to 70Cr!
## 3       Akhil           Akill         Sayesha       Average 20 to 30 Cr!

myedata[5]

##   Will.Collect
## 1  75 to 85Cr!
## 2  65 to 70Cr!
## 3 20 to 30 Cr!

myedata$Result

## [1] Above Average Hit           Average      
## Levels: Above Average Average Hit

myedata$Movie

## [1] Rudramadevi BruceLee    Akhil      
## Levels: Akhil BruceLee Rudramadevi