peek_guess_encoding

Detect the encoding of a text file. This function is a
wrapper around <code><a href="https://readr.tidyverse.org/reference/encoding.html">guess_encoding</a></code> from
the <code>readr</code> package, returning the best candidate
as a character string.
<code>readr</code> must be installed (it is listed in <code>Suggests</code>).
If it is not available, the function stops with an informative
message.

Tools to help text files importation. It can return the
number of lines; print the first and last lines; convert encoding;
guess delimiters and file encoding. Operations are made without
reading the entire file before starting, resulting in good
performances with large files. This package provides an alternative to
a simple use of the 'head', 'tail', 'wc' and 'iconv' programs that are
not always available on machine where R is installed.

David Gohel

fpeek

Check Text Files Content at a Glance

peek_guess_encoding function

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Detect the encoding of a text file. This function is a
wrapper around <code><a href='https://readr.tidyverse.org/reference/encoding.html'>guess_encoding</a></code> from
the <code>readr</code> package, returning the best candidate
as a character string.
<code>readr</code> must be installed (it is listed in <code>Suggests</code>).
If it is not available, the function stops with an informative
message.

Guess File Encoding — peek_guess_encoding

peek_guess_encoding: Guess File Encoding

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