lr_convert_tocsv: Convert spectral data files to csv files
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lr_convert_tocsv

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Convert spectral data files to csv files

Description

Convert spectral data files to csv files

Usage

lr_convert_tocsv(
  where = NULL,
  ext = "txt",
  decimal = ".",
  sep = NULL,
  subdir = FALSE,
  ignore.case = TRUE,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  metadata = TRUE
)

Arguments

`where`	Folder in which files are located (defaults to current working directory).
`ext`	File extension to be searched for, without the "." (defaults to `txt`). You can also use a character vector to specify multiple file extensions.
`decimal`	Character to be used to identify decimal plates (defaults to `.`).
`sep`	Column delimiting characters to be considered in addition to the default (which are: tab, space, and ";")
`subdir`	Should subdirectories within the `where` folder be included in the search? (defaults to `FALSE`).
`ignore.case`	Should the extension search be case insensitive? (defaults to `TRUE`)
`overwrite`	logical. Should the function overwrite existing files with the same name? (defaults to `FALSE`).
`metadata`	logical (defaults to `TRUE`). Should metadata be exported as well? They will be exported in csv files will the `⁠_metadata.csv⁠` suffix.

Details

You can customise the type of parallel processing used by this function with the future::plan() function. This works on all operating systems, as well as high performance computing (HPC) environment. Similarly, you can customise the way progress is shown with the progressr::handlers() functions (progress bar, acoustic feedback, nothing, etc.)