Re: [R] Syntax for capturing and writing file names

Hello, You can process several files at a time with repeated use of *appy functions. Something like the following (not tested). # This first instruction may not be needed old_dir <- setwd("path/to/txt/files") # Get the filenames in a vector and read them in txt_files <- list.files(pattern =

[R] Syntax for capturing and writing file names

Hi all, I am looking for syntax to read a list of *txt files, (loop through?) each with a different data content but same fields, then run lines of code to produce summary stats (I have working code for this) and add the matching data file name when writing the results of a line of R code.   S