extractValue: Extract values from Mplus output
An internal function used by extractSummaries_1file to extract
parameters from the output file using regular expressions.
Description
Extract values from Mplus output
An internal function used by extractSummaries_1file to extract
parameters from the output file using regular expressions.
Usage
extractValue(pattern, textToScan, filename, type = "int")
Arguments
pattern
the exact text to be matched in the outfile that identifies the parameter of interest
textToScan
the chunk of Mplus output to be parsed, passed as a vector of character strings (from the scan command).
filename
the name of the file containing textToScan. Used to make more intelligible warning messages.
type
the data type of the parameter, which determines the regexp used. Currently can be “int”, “dec”, “str”, or “calc”. Defaults to “int”.
Value
A string or numeric vector