Handling multiple files automatically is easy in R and has been answered several times on this list: please pok up the archives as suggested in the posting guide to this list which also asks you to use a sensible subject line. Additionally, there is a FAQ entry called "How can I save the result of each iteration in a loop into a separate file?". I am sure you can adapt it to read files as well.
Uwe Ligges Daniel White wrote: > > > Dear R-help > > > > As a novice to R I was seeking some advice with respect to using R to > help solve a problem I have. > > I have a large number of infiles that need analysed. This can be done, I > believe, using 2 separate R packages (popgen and ape) with the output > from 'popgen' being used as input for 'ape'. What I would like to know > is whether it is possible within R to write some script so that these > files can be read from a folder outside the R space (say a folder within > the C drive of my computer) and processed without having to re-initiate > each individual infile? > > If this is possible I would then work on the problem of trying to link > the output from the first package with the second. > > > > Many thanks for any advice given here. > > > > Dan White > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.