read_dir: Read in a directory of files

In jpshanno/ecoflux: Functions for ecological flux studies including sap flux and soil/stem C efflux.

Description

This function reads in all files from a directory using the choosen import function. Use the 'pattern' argument to specificy a set of files, or a single file type. If collapse = TRUE bind_rows is used to match column names and bind the imported data into a single object.

Usage

read_dir(dir = getwd(), pattern = NULL, collapse = TRUE, fun = read.csv,
  ...)

Arguments

dir	A directory that contains your data files, defaults to the working directory
pattern	A pattern to match filenames as in list.files
collapse	A logical argument, when true a single object is returned, when false an object is returned for each file. defaults to TRUE
fun	The function to use to read in the files, defaults to read.csv
...	Additional arguments to pass to the input method

Value

When collapse = T a single object matching the output class of fun is returned. When collapse = F a list of objects matching the output class of fun is returned with names corresponded to the names of the imported files

Examples

read_dir()

jpshanno/ecoflux documentation built on May 19, 2019, 11:51 p.m.