Write copy of dataframes to either CSV, TXT, or Excel file

Takes a list of dataframes and creates a file based on the list name of the dataframe and the extension for the file type. The extension is the value of fileType itself, so Excel files get the extension .excel, not .xlsx. The list must be named; an unnamed list gives files without a base name.

Usage

saveDataframesAsFiles(dfList, baseDir, fileType = "csv")

Arguments

dfList

named list of dataframes to be stored as files. The names of the list supply the file names.

baseDir

character vector of length one with the directory path. The directory must already exist.

fileType

character vector of length one with possible values of "txt", "csv", or "excel". Default value is "csv".

Value

A character vector of the path names of the files saved, built as baseDir, a slash, the list name, a period and fileType. baseDir is used exactly as supplied, so a relative path stays relative.

Examples

library(nprcgenekeepr)
dfList <- list(
  lacy1989Ped = nprcgenekeepr::lacy1989Ped,
  pedGood = nprcgenekeepr::pedGood
)
## Write each data frame to a CSV file under a temporary directory.
files <- saveDataframesAsFiles(dfList,
  baseDir = tempdir(), fileType = "csv"
)
basename(files)
#> [1] "lacy1989Ped.csv" "pedGood.csv"