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Combine All R Files

CombineAllRFiles.Rd

This function combines the contents of all R files in a specified directory into one file. Files are combined in alphabetical order and the output file itself is automatically excluded when it is located in the input directory.

Usage

CombineAllRFiles(
  strOutFileName = NA,
  strDirectory = "",
  strFileNameToIgnore = NA
)

Arguments

strOutFileName

The name of the output file. If not provided, the function will return the combined content.

strDirectory

The directory where the R files are located. Defaults to the current working directory.

strFileNameToIgnore

The name, or part of the name, of any file to ignore. Defaults to NA.

Value

A list containing the following elements:

nQtyCombinedFiles

The number of files combined.

strCombinedContents

The combined content of all the R files (only if strOutFileName is NA).

strReturn

A string summarizing the operation, including the names of the combined files.

See also

list.files, file, readLines, writeLines

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  result <- CombineAllRFiles(
      strOutFileName = "combined.R",
      strDirectory = "/path/to/your/directory"
  )
  print( result$strReturn )
} # }