multiple_file_reader: Batch read files from a directory

In tgraf0/xlincHelpers: A collection of convenience functions from the XLinC-Lab.

Description

The function reads a batch of files within one directory and concatenates them into one data.frame (or equivalent structure). This is useful, when your data of each participant is stored in a separate file.

Usage

multiple_file_reader(files, extension, reader_function, path = ".", ...)

Arguments

files	Usually, a vector of character strings with the names of the files to read in
extension	A character string for the file extension like csv, tsv. Only csv supported right now.
reader_function	The function to use for reading individual files
path	A character string indicating the path to the files to read
...	Additional parameters for the reader function, like sep or dec

Value

A data frame (or equivalent structure) with the concatenated files

Examples

## Not run: 

files_names <- letters[1:3]

# Reads three files with .csv extension in the working directory using readr::read_csv

my_data <- multiple_file_reader(file_names, ".csv", reader::read_csv)



## End(Not run)

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