How can I use something like readLines to save the file as a character string in my environment with its own file name as the variable?
I tried something like the pseudocode below without success.
paste(filename) <- readLines(filename)
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1Why would you need this? – Robert Harvey Feb 19 '19 at 21:05
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`fn <- filename` and then assign `fn` as you need it – Ricardo Saporta Feb 19 '19 at 21:12
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1you can use `file_listing <- list.files(path = "~/xxx/yyy/zzz/")` to get the contents of a folder as a character string. I use this regularly to check the contents of a folder, parse the names and import the file with the latest date. – nycrefugee Feb 19 '19 at 22:17
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assign function could be an alternative:
assign("filename", readLines("filename"))
if your filename starts with a character different from a to z (e.g. ., _), you can always call your variable circumscribed with `` symbols
Ulises Rosas-Puchuri
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