Read the files in, select those that meet the criteria and store them in a list
match.list <- list() for (i in list.files(pattern="some pattern")){ x.in <- read.table(i) if (your match criteria) match.list[[i]] <- x.in } On 9/28/07, Svempa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a large number of textfiles, and one matix in every texfile. I now > want to find an easy way to select those textfiles that contain at least one > value over a certain limit, and collect those matrices in a vector or > something alike. How do I do that? > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/File-selection-by-condition-tf4534428.html#a12940278 > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.