jpinfect_read_confirmed: Read Confirmed Case Reports from File or Directory

In jpinfect: Acquiring and Processing Data from Japan Institute for Health Security

Read Confirmed Case Reports from File or Directory

Description

This function processes case reports either from a single file or from multiple files within a directory. The function is capable of handling data by "sex" or "place" types, and processes data accordingly based on file patterns.

Usage

jpinfect_read_confirmed(path, type = NULL, ...)

Arguments

path	A character string specifying the path to a single file or directory containing multiple files.
type	A character string specifying the type of data to import. Must be either "sex" or "place".
...	Additional arguments passed to internal functions for further customization.

Details

The function detects whether the path is a single file or a directory. If it is a single file, it processes the data using .jpinfect_read_excel. If it is a directory, it processes multiple files using .jpinfect_read_excels.

Supported file patterns:

"sex"

Files with names containing "11.xls" or "Syu_01_1.xls".

"place"

Files with names containing "Syu_02_1.xls".

Value

A data frame containing processed case reports for all rows and columns in the files.

Examples

# Process a single file
data <- jpinfect_read_confirmed("path/to/file.xls")

# Process all files in a directory
data <- jpinfect_read_confirmed("path/to/directory", type = "place")

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