The "digest" package might be what you're looking for: messages --> numerics Or perhaps you want to create a hash in R. Search on "hashing in R" or similar for info on this.
See ?file.info for obtaining file info, including date/time info. Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 10:14 AM Paul Bernal <paulberna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Hope you are doing great. I would like to process an AIS file (which comes > in either a .txt or .csv format). The AIS file is contained in a specific > path, say C:/AISFiles/File.txt. The file contains messages like the > following: > !AIVDM,2,1,2,A,5EPtgd42CRtIADNU@N0<E98v1@TM8F222222220m1HB586R > `0?0kk3k`40CP,0*2D,1532995201 > (all of this is a single message). > > Is there a way to make R automatically retrieve the latest file saved on > the path, take each message and convert it to a number? > > Best regards, > > Paul > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.