[R] Parsing and counting expressions in .txt-files

[Bert Gunter]

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Cheers,
Bert


Bert Gunter

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Alexander Nikles <24790 at novasbe.pt> wrote:
> Dear Community,
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> I hope that I have the right category selected because I am relatively new
> to the "R" world. I come with a relatively challenging problem in the
> luggage.  I would like to realize, that "R" reads text files (there are
> several hundred pieces in my folder) sequentially, and screens for specific
> terms. If the term is found, the program should write a 1, if not a 0.
> Another task is to scrape a ten-digit number from the file after a
> particular keyword, so that I can map the results. The Programm should
> create an .txt file ideally.
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> A brief example:
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> Keywords: "surpassed" "achieved", "very motivated"
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> Text1:
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> "Personnel number: 0123456789
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> The employee has exceeded the set targets and was also otherwise always
> motivated (...) "
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> So I want that my program for this case, ideally reflects the following (in
> lines and columns=
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> Personell number;surpassed;achieved; very motivated (do not write)
> 0123456789;1;0;1
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> For the following files, he shall all continue analogously in line 2, 3, 4
> and so on.
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> Could you give a brief assessment, how to realize such a thing? How do I
> start best and whether you are possibly "stumbled" in advance about
> something similar in R? I am grateful for any suggestions/proposals.
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> Thank you in advance,
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> Alex
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