read {SentimentAnalysis}

Read dictionary from text file

Description

This routine reads a sentiment dictionary from a text file. Such a text file can be created e.g. via write. The dictionary type is recognized according to the internal format of the file.

Usage

read(file)

Arguments

file

File name pointing to text file

Value

Dictionary of type SentimentDictionaryWordlist, SentimentDictionaryBinary or SentimentDictionaryWeighted

See Also

write for creating such a file

Examples

d.out <- SentimentDictionary(c("uncertain", "possible", "likely"))
write(d.out, "example.dict")
d.in <- read("example.dict")
print(d.in)

d.out <- SentimentDictionary(c("increase", "rise", "more"),
                             c("fall", "drop"))
write(d.out, "example.dict")
d.in <- read("example.dict")
print(d.in)

d.out <- SentimentDictionary(c("increase", "decrease", "exit"),
                             c(+1, -1, -10),
                             rep(NA, 3),
                             intercept=5)
write(d.out, "example.dict")
d.in <- read("example.dict")
print(d.in)

unlink("example.dict")