Read data from URL

Question

How can I read data from following URL in R https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data I tried

X <- read.csv(url("https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data"))

But it is not working.

Answer 1

You don't need the url in there. Also, the file has no header, so say header = FALSE .

X <- read.csv("https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/iris/iris.data",
              header = FALSE)