Choosing input files
choose_input_files.Rd
Tools for choosing input files via dialog windows.
Details
These functions are only available in interactive sessions; moreover,
choose_input_licor_files
and choose_input_tdl_files
are only
available in Microsoft Windows.
choose_input_files
will prompt the user to select a single file, and will return full file paths for all files in the same directory that have the same extension.choose_input_licor_files
can be used to select one or more Microsoft Excel files (with extension*.xlsx
) or plaintext files (with no extension).choose_input_tdl_files
can be used to select one or more TDL data files (with extension*.dat
).
The outputs from these functions are typically passed to
read_gasex_file
via lapply
.
Examples
# Interactively select a single file and get full file paths to all
# other files in the same directory that have the same extension
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
file_paths <- choose_input_files()
} # }
# Interactively select one or more Licor Excel files and read each one to create
# a list of exdf objects
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
lapply(choose_input_licor_files(), function(fname) {
read_gasex_file(fname, 'time')
})
} # }
# Interactively select one or more TDL data files and read each one to create a
# list of exdf objects
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
lapply(choose_input_tdl_files(), function(fname) {
read_gasex_file(fname, 'TIMESTAMP')
})
} # }