read.file

character:
	 The name of the file which the data are to be read from. 
	 This may also be a complete URL or a path to a compressed file.
	 If it does not contain an absolute path, the file name is 
	 relative to the current working directory, 
	 <code>get</code>

file

logical:  For <code>.txt</code> and <code>.csv</code> files, this indicates whether the first line of the file includes variables names.

header

character: stings that indicate missing data.

na.strings

character: a character vector of length one containing a single character or an empty string. Use "" to turn off the interpretation of comments altogether.

comment.char

additional arguments passed on to 
  <code><a href="/link/read.table?package=mosaic&version=0.2-3" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="mosaic::read.table">read.table</a></code>, <code><a href="/link/read.csv?package=mosaic&version=0.2-3" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="mosaic::read.csv">read.csv</a></code>, or <code><a href="/link/load?package=mosaic&version=0.2-3" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="mosaic::load">load</a></code>.

A wrapper around 
<code><a href="/link/read.table?package=mosaic&version=0.2-3" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="mosaic::read.table">read.table</a></code>, <code><a href="/link/read.csv?package=mosaic&version=0.2-3" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="mosaic::read.csv">read.csv</a></code>, and <code><a href="/link/load?package=mosaic&version=0.2-3" rd-options="" data-mini-rdoc="mosaic::load">load</a></code>
to unify and simply reading data from files.

util

Data sets and utilities from Project MOSAIC (mosaic-web.org) used to teach mathematics, statistics, computation and modeling.  Funded by the NSF, Project MOSAIC is creating a community of educators working to tie together aspects of quantitative work that students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics will need in their professional lives, but which are usually taught in isolation, if at all.

read.file: Read data files

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