Utility for dataset batch importing in multiple formats

Reference: https://www.gerkelab.com/blog/2018/09/import-directory-csv-purrr-readr/#'

Usage

read_batch(data_dir, ext = "csv", fun = readr::read_csv, env = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

data_dir

data_dir is the file path that contains the files that will be imported

ext

extension "*.ext" of the files that will be imported. Default "csv"

fun

the import function that will be passsed to `map` to import datasets. Must be able to read files with the `ext` extension

env

Whether the file will be imported to .GlobalEnv. If `FALSE` a list containing all the dataset will be generated

...

Arguments passed to the import function

Import multiple files

Examples

if (FALSE) {
read_batch(data_dir = data_dir)
read_batch(data_dir = data_dir, extension = "dta", fun = haven::read_dta)
read_batch(data_dir = data_dir, extension = "dta", fun = haven::read_dta, env = F)
}