staplr (version 2.9.0)

split_from: Splits single input PDF document into parts from given points

Description

If the toolkit Pdftk is available in the system, it will be called to Split a single input PDF document into two parts from a given point

See the reference for detailed usage of pdftk.

Usage

split_from(pg_num, input_filepath = NULL, output_directory = NULL,
  prefix = "part", overwrite = TRUE)

Arguments

pg_num

A vector of non-negative integers. Split the pdf document into parts from the numbered pages.

input_filepath

the path of the input PDF file. The default is set to NULL. IF NULL, it prompt the user to select the folder interactively.

output_directory

the path of the output directory

prefix

A string for output filename prefix

overwrite

If a file exists in output_filepath, should it be overwritten.

Value

this function splits a single input PDF document into individual pages

References

https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Split the pdf from page 10
split_from(pg_num=10)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }
# NOT RUN {
dir <- tempdir()
require(lattice)
for(i in 1:4) {
pdf(file.path(dir, paste("plot", i, ".pdf", sep = "")))
print(xyplot(iris[,1] ~ iris[,i], data = iris))
dev.off()
}
staple_pdf(input_directory = dir, output_filepath = file.path(dir, 'Full_pdf.pdf'))
input_path <- file.path(dir, "Full_pdf.pdf")
split_from(pg_num=2, input_filepath = input_path ,output_directory = dir )
# }