RStudio 1.3.1093 - suddenly unable to import any data

[jeremy1174]

Hi,
I can't import any data into RStudio.
My 'read.csv' command no longer works - the programme can't find the file.
For 'environment', when I try to open a csv file, I get the response:

Error: bad restore file magic number (file may be corrupted) -- no data loaded
In addition: Warning message:
file ‘Survival.csv’ has magic number 'De'
Use of save versions prior to 2 is deprecated

And also in environment, when I use the 'Import Dataset' command and select 'From Excel', I receive a dialog box asking me to 'Install Required Packages', which requires me to update the readxl package. However, every time I run the update, the update fails - meaning I can't access any data.

I'm at wit's end. I've scrapped and re-downloaded RStudio about five or six times now, and the problem is never resolved.

Grateful for any help you can provide.

[technocrat]

Try this.

Export the target file as csv to your working directory.

From the console use dir() to confirm it’s there.

Consider installing readr and using read_csv, rather than read.csv

If an error, open csv in a text editor and make sure that the last line is empty

[andresrcs]

This is hardly related to the IDE but to specific packages, can you choose one an provide more detailed information about your issue (the actual error message)?