Re: [R] Reading in a large number of dbf files

Subject Re: [R] Reading in a large number of dbf files

Re: [R] Reading in a large number of dbf files

Steve If the .dbf extension files are dBase type. generalizing: there are 2 series of dbase .dbf files for non SQL type dbf files: 1 dBase III when Borland had dBase and 2 dBase 2000 produced by dBase inc If they are dbase III (ie can be imported into Excel) you can use the foreign package

Re: [R] Reading in a large number of dbf files

A process like the following is how I would do it: inputData <- lapply(listOfFiles, function(.file){ input <- read.table(.file, whatever other parameters...) # now do the modifications that you need input # return the updated dataframe }) # combine into one dataframe inp

[R] Reading in a large number of dbf files

good morning This question is not a stats question per say but a data management and lattice plotting problem. I apologize now if I'm asking an inappropriate question to this gracious group. I'm need to bring in approximately 100 *.dbf files into R but I'm having difficultly understanding sever