Set working directory in rstudio

In this article you will learn about setwd() function and how to set the current working directory using setwd in rstudio. You will also learn about getwd() to know about working directory in R.

R is pointed to a specific directory called current working directory in which your R files are saved or if you want to read a file then it should be present in that working directory. Dealing with working directory is part and parcel of R programming. 

Syntax of setwd()

The syntax is simple as this function takes only one argument.

> setwd(path)

where path is a character string which is the directory path of your desired working directory. 

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Example of setwd

Lets suppose you have a folder named myfiles saved in a folder rfiles saved on d drive on windows OS.

The path of myfiles will be like 

d:\rfiles\myfiles  

However, when you define the argument path it sho

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