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addresses why read.csv calls read.table in help doc
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ytakemon committed Dec 13, 2023
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## Tip: Why does ?read.csv open the documentations to read.table?

The reason for this is because `read.csv` is actually a short cut
for `read.table("file.csv", sep = ",")`. You can see in the help
documentation that there are several additional variations of
`read.table`, such as `read.csv2` to read tables separated by `;`
and `read.delim` to read in tables separated by `\t` (tabs). If you know how your table is separated, you can use one of the provided short cuts,
but case you run into an unconventional separator you are now equipt with the knowledge to define it in the `sep = ` arugument of `read.table`!


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