Re: path problem
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- Subject: [mg32430] Re: path problem
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 19:03:31 -0500 (EST)
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Brian,
Has this any advantage for your purpose over
menu>Input>Get File Path
?
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"Brian Higgins" <bghiggins at ucdavis.edu> wrote in message
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> You can use SetDirectory. But of course you still have to give the
> path. A method that I find very useful especially if I am working with
> different operating systems is to use the experimental function called
> FileBrowse:. Suppose I have a notebook open and I need to read some
> data from a file buried deep in one of my folders. I type in and
> evaluate
>
> Experimental`FileBrowse[False]
>
> You are then present with a dialog box that allows you to browse for a
> file. Once you have found the file select Open and a string
> representing the path to that file is pasted into the Notebook. I can
> then copy that string into the required function e.g. Get or Read etc.
> If I want to set the directory for a particular file I can paste the
> path with the file name deleted into SetDirectory.
>
> I find this function very handy and helpful for teaching students to
> read files into Mathematica no matter what operating system they are
> familiar with.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
>
>
>
>
> isLi-Xin Li <lli at fas.harvard.edu> wrote in message
news:<a28bjs$h51$1 at smc.vnet.net>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just installed a mathematica 4.1 on my PC under dos/windows.
> > When I try to run a program, it turns out that mathematica cannot find
> > the files in the current directory (the . directory). When I check
> > the $Path from mathematica, I find that "." is in the list of paths.
> > Could somebody teach me why mathematica cannot find the file in the
> > directory (e.g., when I try "<<a.m" mathematica told me "Cannot open
> > the file") and how to fix it? Do I have to type the long string for
> > the path of the file each time? Is there a way to configure mathematica
> > so that it can find files in the current directory?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > L.X.Li
>