| Title: | Import Multiple File Types |
| Version: | 1.3 |
| Type: | Package |
| Date: | 2015-10-09 |
| Author: | Srivenkatesh Gandhi<srivenkateshg@sase.ssn.edu.in>, Kreshnaa Raam S Bethusamy <kreshnaaraamsb@sase.ssn.edu.in> |
| Maintainer: | Srivenkatesh Gandhi <srivenkateshg@sase.ssn.edu.in> |
| Description: | Functions to import multiple files of multiple data file types ('.xlsx', '.xls', '.csv', '.txt') from a given directory into R data frames. |
| Depends: | readxl, plyr, tools, xlsx, rChoiceDialogs |
| Suggests: | testthat |
| License: | GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)] |
| LazyData: | TRUE |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Packaged: | 2015-10-29 17:12:03 UTC; kresh |
| Repository: | CRAN |
| Date/Publication: | 2015-11-01 17:53:09 |
Importing multiple file types and storing it into a list of data frames
Description
importAllMdf function loads various data file types in a selected directory to separate dataframes, and stores them as a list. Data frames can be accessed as list elements by using "listname$filename" or "listname[]".
Usage
importAllMdf(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
the directory in which the files are stored. If path is not given, interactive dialog box will be used to select directory |
Value
a single list of dataframes containing all the files imported and stored as dataframes.
Importing multiple file types and storing it into a Single R Dataframe
Description
importAllSdf function loads various data file types in a selected directory to dataframes, combines all the data frames and stores it as a single data frame. Note that all the files to be loaded should have the same number of columns for rbind to work
Usage
importAllSdf(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
the directory in which the files are stored. If path is not given, interactive dialog box will be used to select directory |
Value
a single dataframe containing all the files imported and rbinded into one.
Importing multiple csv files and storing it into a list of data frames
Description
importCsv function loads .csv file types in a selected directory to separate dataframes, and stores them as a list. Data frames can be accessed as list elements by using "listname$filename" or "listname[]".
Usage
importCsv(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
the directory in which the files are stored. If path is not given, interactive dialog box will be used to select directory |
Value
a single list of dataframes containing all the files imported and stored as dataframes.
Importing multiple csv files(";" delimited) and storing it into a list of data frames
Description
importCsv2 function loads .csv file types in a selected directory to separate dataframes, and stores them as a list. Data frames can be accessed as list elements by using "listname$filename" or "listname[]".
Usage
importCsv2(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
the directory in which the files are stored. If path is not given, interactive dialog box will be used to select directory |
Value
a single list of dataframes containing all the files imported and stored as dataframes.
Importing multiple excel files and storing it into a list of data frames
Description
importExcel function loads excel data file types(.xlsx, .xls) in a selected directory to separate dataframes, and stores them as a list. Data frames can be accessed as list elements by using "listname$filename" or "listname[]".
Usage
importExcel(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
the directory in which the files are stored. If path is not given, interactive dialog box will be used to select directory |
Value
a single list of dataframes containing all the files imported and stored as dataframes.
Importing multiple pipe delimitted files and storing it into a list of data frames
Description
importPipe function loads various text files which use a Pipe delimitter(|) in a selected directory to separate dataframes, and stores them as a list. Data frames can be accessed as list elements by using "listname$filename" or "listname[]".
Usage
importPipe(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
the directory in which the files are stored. If path is not given, interactive dialog box will be used to select directory |
Value
a single list of dataframes containing all the files imported and stored as dataframes.
Importing multiple tab delimitted files and storing it into a list of data frames
Description
importTab function loads various text files which uses a tab delimitter in a selected directory to separate dataframes, and stores them as a list. Data frames can be accessed as list elements by using "listname$filename" or "listname[]".
Usage
importTab(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
the directory in which the files are stored. If path is not given, interactive dialog box will be used to select directory |
Value
a single list of dataframes containing all the files imported and stored as dataframes.
Importing multiple tilde delimitted files and storing it into a list of data frames
Description
importTilde function loads various text files which uses a tilde delimitter(~) in a selected directory to separate dataframes, and stores them as a list. Data frames can be accessed as list elements by using "listname$filename" or "listname[]".
Usage
importTilde(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
the directory in which the files are stored. If path is not given, interactive dialog box will be used to select directory |
Value
a single list of dataframes containing all the files imported and stored as dataframes.