How to set the current file location as the default working directory in R programming?

Question

I want to make the current file location as the working directory.

Using Rstudio (Works!):

# Author  : Bhishan Poudel
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Answer 1

Simply, use rstudio API, extract its directory, and set it as a working directory as shown below:

setwd(dirname(rstudioapi::getSourceEditorContext()$path))

Verify if you set the directory correctly by the following command:

getwd()