write_freqlist: Write a frequency list to a csv file

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Write a frequency list to a csv file

Description

This function writes an object of the class freqlist to a csv file. The resulting csv file contains two columns, the first being the type and the second being the frequency of that type. The file also contains a header line with the names of both columns.

Usage

write_freqlist(x, file, sep = "\t", make_config_file = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x	Object of class freqlist.
file	Character vector of length 1. Path to the output file.
sep	Character vector of length 1. Column separator.
make_config_file	Logical. Whether or not a configuration file needs to be created. In most circumstances, this should be set to TRUE.
...	Additional arguments (not implemented).

Details

write_freqlist not only writes to the file file, but also creates a configuration file with a name that is identical to file, except that it has the filename extension ".yaml". The frequency list attributes "tot_n_tokens" and "tot_n_types" are stored to that configuration file.

Value

Invisibly, x.

See Also

read_freqlist()

Other writing functions: write_assoc(), write_conc(), write_fnames(), write_tokens(), write_txt(), write_types()

Examples

toy_corpus <- "Once upon a time there was a tiny toy corpus.
It consisted of three sentences. And it lived happily ever after."
freqs <- freqlist(toy_corpus, as_text = TRUE)

print(freqs, n = 1000)

write_freqlist(freqs, "example_freqlist.csv")
freqs2 <- read_freqlist("example_freqlist.csv")
print(freqs2, n = 1000)

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