import: import

In malneyadi4/dsproject: Import a file as a dataframe, create a new project, and install and load a package.

Description

Imports a data frame from a data file with the file format based on the file extension

Usage

import(file, ...)

Arguments

file	An optional character string naming a path to a file. By default, the user will be prompted to choose a file.
...	additional arguments passed to the function.

Details

This function imports a data frame from a data file with the file format based on the file extension. import supports a variety of file extensions including SAS (.sas7bdat), Stata (.dta), SPSS (.sav), Excel (.xls and .xlsx), Comma-separated data (.csv), and Tab-separated data (.tsv). If the file path is not specified, import will prompt the user to choose a file.

Value

A Dataframe

See Also

read_spss,read_excel,vroom,read_sas

Examples

## Not run: 
# import XLS or SAV as a `data.frame`
df = import("mtcars.xls")
df = import("mtcars.sav")

# pass arguments to underlying import function
df = import("mtcars.dta",nmax = 5)

## End(Not run)

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