Read Data Frame From CSV File

Usage

read_csv_file(
  file,
  sep = get_column_separator(),
  dec = ",",
  encoding = "UTF-8",
  na.strings = "",
  ...,
  remove_comments = TRUE,
  set_empty_string_to_na = FALSE,
  dbg = 1L
)

Arguments

file: path to csv file
sep: Column separator character. Default: semicolon ";"
dec: Decimal separator character. Default: comma ","
encoding: file encoding string. Default: "UTF-8". Possible other value: "unknown"
na.strings: strings occurring in the files representing NA (not available). Default: ""
...: further arguments passed to fread
remove_comments: Should rows starting with "#" be removed (the default)?
set_empty_string_to_na: if TRUE (the default is FALSE) empty strings in character columns are replaced with NA
dbg: if TRUE debug messages are shown