Read writing samples from a directory of .txt files

This function reads all text files in a directory and uses the filename (without extension) as the sample ID and the file contents as the text.

Usage

read_samples_dir(path = ".", pattern = "\\.txt$")

Arguments

path

Directory containing .txt files.

pattern

A regular expression used to match file names. Defaults to "\\.txt$", meaning all files ending in .txt.

Value

A tibble with columns:

• ID: filename without extension

• text: file contents as a single character string

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Suppose the working directory contains S1.txt and S2.txt
samples <- read_samples_dir(path = ".", pattern = "\\\\.txt$")
samples
} # }