how to open a file using R? I am thinking about a function like file.open(...), what it does is like double-click a file to open it. However, I did not find any function doing that. Is it possible to use R to open a file? I am using Windows system.

CodePudding user response：

In R, you can use the file.show() function to open a file. This will open the file in the default program associated with the file type on your system. For example, if you have a file called "myfile.txt" in your current working directory, you can open it in your default text editor by running file.show("myfile.txt"). Keep in mind that this function is only available on Windows.

CodePudding user response：

You can also load data into the R environment with the help of the RStudio IDE. On this website, you can see how it's done with files such as .txt, .csv, .xlsx, .sav, etc. It's very useful because you can do it with both code and buttons.