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

The table below shows my favorite go-to R packages for data import, wrangling, visualization and analysis — plus a few miscellaneous tasks tossed in. The package names in the table are clickable ...

The write.table() function allows us to export data using different file formats. The separator and header arguments, as discussed earlier in the Importing Files section, can also be used to indicate ...