fileWizard {tkWidgets} | R Documentation |
A function that import a text file into R
Description
Given a file name, this function imports the text file into R.
Usage
fileWizard(filename = "", fun = read.table, file = "file",
basic = c("header", "sep"), getFocus = TRUE)
Arguments
filename |
A character string for the name of the text file to be imported |
fun |
An R function that is going to be used to read the
file. Default to |
file |
A character string for the name of the argument to fun that defines the name of the file to be read |
basic |
A vector of character strings for names of the arguments to fun that will have separate entry boxes on the widget to be produced. Default to "header" and "sep" |
getFocus |
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Details
This function is only partially finished and will be improved soon. It currently allows uesrs to view a given file and change the settings for header and sep arguments of read.table. A file will be read in based on the values of the two arguments and return.
Value
This function returns a data frame for the file read in.
Author(s)
Jianhua Zhang
References
R News Vol. 1/3, September 2001
See Also
Examples
if(interactive()) {
# Only the interface is displyed as no real file is given
fileWizard()
}