Could not find function 'fread' in R 3.4 while reading a big dataset

Question

I have installed package "microbenchmark" and then run: library(microbenchmark).

Now, I am trying to read a csv file, but getting the error: "fread" function not found.

setwd("C:/Data Analytics/R Assignments")
library(microbenchmark)
data <- fread("BigDiamonds.csv") 

Error in
fread("BigDiamonds.csv") : could not find function "fread"

I have been using R 3.4. Could that be the issue?

`fread` is in the `data.table` package isn't it? Have you loaded it? — thelatemail, May 29 '17 at 03:46
Yes, looks like the issue is the absence of `library(data.table)`. — neilfws, May 29 '17 at 03:49

score 19 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 03 '18 at 05:00

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Try this. It worked for me

install.packages("data.table")
library("data.table")
data <- fread("BigDiamonds.csv")

answered Nov 03 '18 at 05:00

Himanshu Poddar

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Could not find function 'fread' in R 3.4 while reading a big dataset

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