read_lines_apply: Apply a function to chunks of a file

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Apply a function to chunks of a file

Description

Reads a file in chunks, applies a function to each of them, and returns to results of the function calls.

Usage

read_lines_apply(
  file_path,
  func,
  buffer_size = 1000,
  simplify = FALSE,
  skip = 0
)

Arguments

file_path	(character of length 1) The path to a file to read.
func	(function) The function to run on each chunk of the file.
buffer_size	(numeric of length 1) The number of lines in each chunk
simplify	(logical of length 1) If TRUE, then the result is simplified to a vector.
skip	(numeric of length 1) Where to start reading the file.

Value

list of results of func

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