sudo apt install r-base-core

make a csv file and read it

> mydata<-read.csv("/home/aditya/Desktop/data.csv")
> mydata

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> demo()
> demo()
> clear()
Error in clear() : could not find function "clear"
> help()
> help(clear)
No documentation for �clear� in specified packages and libraries:
you could try �??clear�
> help("clear")
No documentation for �clear� in specified packages and libraries:
you could try �??clear�
> help(??clear)
Error in help(`?`(`?`(clear))) :
'topic' should be a name, length-one character vector or reserved word
> cls()
Error in cls() : could not find function "cls"
> mydata<-read.csv("/home/aditya/Desktop/data.csv")
> mydata
srno fname mname lname height weight income
1 1 aditya rajesh jangid22 5.9 55 100000
2 2 aditya1 rajesh5 jangid21 5.8 56 200000
3 3 aditya2 rajesh6 jangid20 5.7 57 300000
4 4 aditya3 rajesh7 jangid19 5.6 58 400000
5 5 aditya4 rajesh8 jangid18 5.5 59 500000
6 6 aditya5 rajesh9 jangid17 5.4 60 600000
7 7 aditya6 rajesh10 jangid16 5.3 61 700000
8 8 aditya7 rajesh11 jangid15 5.2 62 800000
9 9 aditya8 rajesh12 jangid14 5.1 63 900000
10 10 aditya9 rajesh13 jangid13 5.0 64 1000000
11 11 aditya10 rajesh14 jangid12 4.9 65 1100000
12 12 aditya11 rajesh15 jangid11 4.8 66 1200000
13 13 aditya12 rajesh16 jangid10 4.7 67 1300000
14 14 aditya13 rajesh17 jangid9 4.6 68 1400000
15 15 aditya14 rajesh18 jangid8 4.5 69 1500000
16 16 aditya15 rajesh19 jangid7 4.4 70 1600000
17 17 aditya16 rajesh20 jangid6 4.3 71 1700000
18 18 aditya17 rajesh21 jangid5 4.2 72 1800000
19 19 aditya18 rajesh22 jangid4 4.1 73 1900000
20 20 aditya19 rajesh23 jangid3 4.0 74 2000000
> mydata<-read.txt("/home/aditya/Desktop/data.txt")
Error in read.txt("/home/aditya/Desktop/data.txt") :
could not find function "read.txt"
> mydata<-read.csv("/home/aditya/Desktop/data.txt")
> mydata
srno fname mname lname height weight income
1 1 aditya rajesh jangid22 5.9 55 100000
2 2 aditya1 rajesh5 jangid21 5.8 56 200000
3 3 aditya2 rajesh6 jangid20 5.7 57 300000
4 4 aditya3 rajesh7 jangid19 5.6 58 400000
5 5 aditya4 rajesh8 jangid18 5.5 59 500000
6 6 aditya5 rajesh9 jangid17 5.4 60 600000
7 7 aditya6 rajesh10 jangid16 5.3 61 700000
8 8 aditya7 rajesh11 jangid15 5.2 62 800000
9 9 aditya8 rajesh12 jangid14 5.1 63 900000
10 10 aditya9 rajesh13 jangid13 5.0 64 1000000
11 11 aditya10 rajesh14 jangid12 4.9 65 1100000
12 12 aditya11 rajesh15 jangid11 4.8 66 1200000
13 13 aditya12 rajesh16 jangid10 4.7 67 1300000
14 14 aditya13 rajesh17 jangid9 4.6 68 1400000
15 15 aditya14 rajesh18 jangid8 4.5 69 1500000
16 16 aditya15 rajesh19 jangid7 4.4 70 1600000
17 17 aditya16 rajesh20 jangid6 4.3 71 1700000
18 18 aditya17 rajesh21 jangid5 4.2 72 1800000
19 19 aditya18 rajesh22 jangid4 4.1 73 1900000
20 20 aditya19 rajesh23 jangid3 4.0 74 2000000
> myvars1<-c("fname","height","income")
> newdata<-mydata[myvars1]
> newdata
fname height income
1 aditya 5.9 100000
2 aditya1 5.8 200000
3 aditya2 5.7 300000
4 aditya3 5.6 400000
5 aditya4 5.5 500000
6 aditya5 5.4 600000
7 aditya6 5.3 700000
8 aditya7 5.2 800000
9 aditya8 5.1 900000
10 aditya9 5.0 1000000
11 aditya10 4.9 1100000
12 aditya11 4.8 1200000
13 aditya12 4.7 1300000
14 aditya13 4.6 1400000
15 aditya14 4.5 1500000
16 aditya15 4.4 1600000
17 aditya16 4.3 1700000
18 aditya17 4.2 1800000
19 aditya18 4.1 1900000
20 aditya19 4.0 2000000
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