Read Rectangular Text Data

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Documentation for package ‘readr’ version 2.1.5

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clipboard	Returns values from the clipboard
cols	Create column specification
cols_condense	Examine the column specifications for a data frame
cols_only	Create column specification
col_character	Parse logicals, integers, and reals
col_date	Parse date/times
col_datetime	Parse date/times
col_double	Parse logicals, integers, and reals
col_factor	Parse factors
col_guess	Parse using the "best" type
col_integer	Parse logicals, integers, and reals
col_logical	Parse logicals, integers, and reals
col_number	Parse numbers, flexibly
col_skip	Skip a column
col_time	Parse date/times
count_fields	Count the number of fields in each line of a file
date_names	Create or retrieve date names
date_names_lang	Create or retrieve date names
date_names_langs	Create or retrieve date names
default_locale	Create locales
edition_get	Retrieve the currently active edition
format_csv	Convert a data frame to a delimited string
format_csv2	Convert a data frame to a delimited string
format_delim	Convert a data frame to a delimited string
format_tsv	Convert a data frame to a delimited string
fwf_cols	Read a fixed width file into a tibble
fwf_empty	Read a fixed width file into a tibble
fwf_positions	Read a fixed width file into a tibble
fwf_widths	Read a fixed width file into a tibble
guess_encoding	Guess encoding of file
guess_parser	Parse using the "best" type
locale	Create locales
local_edition	Temporarily change the active readr edition
melt_csv	Return melted data for each token in a delimited file (including csv & tsv)
melt_csv2	Return melted data for each token in a delimited file (including csv & tsv)
melt_delim	Return melted data for each token in a delimited file (including csv & tsv)
melt_fwf	Return melted data for each token in a fixed width file
melt_table	Return melted data for each token in a whitespace-separated file
melt_table2	Return melted data for each token in a whitespace-separated file
melt_tsv	Return melted data for each token in a delimited file (including csv & tsv)
parse_character	Parse logicals, integers, and reals
parse_date	Parse date/times
parse_datetime	Parse date/times
parse_double	Parse logicals, integers, and reals
parse_factor	Parse factors
parse_guess	Parse using the "best" type
parse_integer	Parse logicals, integers, and reals
parse_logical	Parse logicals, integers, and reals
parse_number	Parse numbers, flexibly
parse_time	Parse date/times
problems	Retrieve parsing problems
readr_example	Get path to readr example
readr_threads	Determine how many threads readr should use when processing
read_builtin	Read built-in object from package
read_csv	Read a delimited file (including CSV and TSV) into a tibble
read_csv2	Read a delimited file (including CSV and TSV) into a tibble
read_delim	Read a delimited file (including CSV and TSV) into a tibble
read_file	Read/write a complete file
read_file_raw	Read/write a complete file
read_fwf	Read a fixed width file into a tibble
read_lines	Read/write lines to/from a file
read_lines_raw	Read/write lines to/from a file
read_log	Read common/combined log file into a tibble
read_rds	Read/write RDS files.
read_table	Read whitespace-separated columns into a tibble
read_tsv	Read a delimited file (including CSV and TSV) into a tibble
should_read_lazy	Determine whether to read a file lazily
should_show_types	Determine whether column types should be shown
show_progress	Determine whether progress bars should be shown
spec	Examine the column specifications for a data frame
spec_csv	Generate a column specification
spec_csv2	Generate a column specification
spec_delim	Generate a column specification
spec_table	Generate a column specification
spec_tsv	Generate a column specification
stop_for_problems	Retrieve parsing problems
type_convert	Re-convert character columns in existing data frame
with_edition	Temporarily change the active readr edition
write_csv	Write a data frame to a delimited file
write_csv2	Write a data frame to a delimited file
write_delim	Write a data frame to a delimited file
write_excel_csv	Write a data frame to a delimited file
write_excel_csv2	Write a data frame to a delimited file
write_file	Read/write a complete file
write_lines	Read/write lines to/from a file
write_rds	Read/write RDS files.
write_tsv	Write a data frame to a delimited file