In this book excerpt, learn how to import data into R from spreadsheets, HTML tables, and more.

In R, we can export a dataset using various file formats. Permissible file types are .xls, .xlsx, .csv, and .txt. In the sections below, we will focus on the .txt and .csv file types. The write.table( ...

Not just a speedy way to import data into R, fread has useful options for importing subsets of data, setting data types for columns, running system commands, and more ...