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% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand |
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% Please edit documentation in R/common.R |
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\name{csvSniffer} |
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\alias{csvSniffer} |
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\title{Function which attempts to read in a csv file |
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picking a delimiter from a given set of options} |
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\usage{ |
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csvSniffer(path, delim_options = c(",", ";", "\\t")) |
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} |
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\arguments{ |
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\item{path}{The path to the csv file to be read} |
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\item{delim_options}{A vector of characters from which the |
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delimiter should be chosen} |
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} |
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\value{ |
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If successful a data frame containing the csv file |
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if unsuccessful an error is thrown |
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} |
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\description{ |
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The function works by counting the number of occurences |
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of each delimiter on each line and for exactly one |
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of the delimiter options all lines contain the same number |
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of occurences (>0) then this delimiter is used |
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} |
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