file_index_read {fabR}

Read, source and open objects from an index of files

Description

Reads all files from a file index tibble as R objects to generate in the environment or R scripts to be sourced. Any other file types will be opened in browser (html files) or in environment. If no index tibble is provided, the function creates one from the working directory. (matching by regex is supported).

Usage

file_index_read(
  index,
  file_path = "^",
  file_name = "^",
  extension = "^",
  file_type = "^",
  assign = FALSE,
  .envir = parent.frame()
)

Arguments

index

The index (tibble) of a folder with file locations and metadata, either previously generated by file_index_create() or created from folder.

file_path

A character string specifying a file path to search by. Can be the full string or substring (matching by regex is supported)

file_name

A character string a file name to search by. Can be the full string or substring (matching by regex is supported).

extension

A character string a file extension to search by. Can be the full string or substring (matching by regex is supported).

file_type

A character string a file type to search by. Can be the full string or substring (matching by regex is supported).

assign

If TRUE, the name is automatically assigned from the name of the object read.

.envir

The environment to use. parent.frame() by default

Details

for each file selected, xlsx files will be read using the function read_excel_allsheets(), csv files will be read using the function read_csv_any_formats(), spss and sav files will be read using the function haven::read_spss(), dta files will be read using the function haven::read_dta(), sas7bdat and sas files will be read using the function haven::read_sas(), R scripts, Rmd and md files be read using the function readLines(), The whole files will be created in a list, which name is the name of the file.

Value

R objects generated in the environment or R scripts. R object names are created automatically from their file names. Otherwise return messages indicating what objects were created, or files opened, and if any troubles occurred.

See Also

read_excel_allsheets(), read_csv_any_formats(), haven::read_spss(), haven::read_dta(), haven::read_sas(), readLines()

Examples

## Not run: 

index <- file_index_create(tempdir())
file_index_read(index, file_name = my_file_name)


## End(Not run)