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multiple_excel_reader: Read Multiple Excel files into R

Description

This function reads multiple excel files into R after which all files are aggregated into a single data frame.

There are assumptions about they underlying files:

  • All files must have column names for each column (The function will fail without this; later versions will amend this)

  • All files have the same number of columns

  • All files have the same column names

  • All files should have data starting from the same row number

  • All relevant data is stored in the same sheet in each of the files

To understand more about the underlying function that `multiple_excel_reader` wraps around Click Here

Usage

multiple_excel_reader(
  file_path,
  pattern = "*.xlsx",
  sheet = 1,
  rows_to_skip = 0,
  col_names = TRUE
)

Arguments

file_path

The Directory in which the files are located

pattern

The file extension of the files of which you are going to read. Defaults to "*.xlsx"

sheet

Sheet to read. Either a string (the name of a sheet), or an integer (the position of the sheet). Defaults to the first sheet

rows_to_skip

The number of rows from the top to be excluded

col_names

A boolean value to determine if column headers name are present in files. Currently only accepts TRUE

Value

a data frame object full of file paths

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
combined_excel_files <- multiple_excel_reader("Inputs/", 1, TRUE)
# }

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