create_dated_file_name: Create Dated File/Path Name

In konradedgar/KEmisc: Collection of Random Convenience and Utility Function

Description

This is trivial function wraps paste call and produces a string with Sys.time and an optional extension.

Usage

create_dated_file_name(
  x,
  timestamp_format = "%d-%m-%Y",
  sep = "-",
  extension
)

Arguments

x	A character vector.
timestamp_format	A string scalar for time format, as in strptime.
sep	A string scalar to separate file name parts.
extension	A string scalar with file type extension.

Details

This simple function is convenient for automatically generating file names with the current date and/or time.

Value

A character vector of length corresponding to x.

Examples

create_dated_file_name(x = "file_name")
create_dated_file_name(x = "annual_file", timestamp_format = "%Y")
create_dated_file_name(x = "time_file", timestamp_format = "%H:%M:%S")

konradedgar/KEmisc documentation built on April 15, 2021, 1:50 p.m.