importPatentData: Read in a data file or list of files from excel spreadsheets.

In kamilien1/patentR: A Toolbox for Analyzing Patent Data

Description

Import, read, and connect patent data files. Currently: xls files from a filepath. Future use: can read from a URL, an xlsx file, google doc, and a csv.

Usage

importPatentData(rawDataFilePath = NA, skipLines = 1)

Arguments

rawDataFilePath	A filepath, or list of filespaths, for xls files.
skipLines	Number of lines to skip before reading in your data file.

Value

A single data frame of all data. NULL if no data.

Examples

## Not run: 

# access the files here and put them in a data/ folder of your working directory.
file1 <- system.file("extdata/", "sumobrain_autonomous_search1.xlsx", package="patentr")
file2 <- system.file("extdata/", "sumobrain_autonomous_search2.xlsx", package="patentr")
files <- list(file1, file2)
ipData <- importPatentData(rawDataFilePath = files, skipLines = 1)

# example 2
# assume csv files are in the data folder
ipData <- importPatentData(rawDataFilePath = list.files('data/', full.names=T), skipLines = 1)

## End(Not run)

kamilien1/patentR documentation built on May 20, 2019, 7:19 a.m.