extractValue: Extract values from Mplus output An internal function used by...

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Extract values from Mplus output An internal function used by extractSummaries_1file to extract parameters from the output file using regular expressions.

Description

Extract values from Mplus output An internal function used by extractSummaries_1file to extract parameters from the output file using regular expressions.

Usage

extractValue(pattern, textToScan, filename, type = "int")

Arguments

pattern	the exact text to be matched in the outfile that identifies the parameter of interest
textToScan	the chunk of Mplus output to be parsed, passed as a vector of character strings (from the scan command).
filename	the name of the file containing textToScan. Used to make more intelligible warning messages.
type	the data type of the parameter, which determines the regexp used. Currently can be “int”, “dec”, “str”, or “calc”. Defaults to “int”.

Value

A string or numeric vector

Examples

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