File Paths in R Programming Language

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In R, we don’t have a direct equivalent to the filepath package, but we can use various functions from base R and the tools package to handle file paths. Let’s explore how to work with file paths in R.

# We'll use the tools package for some file path operations
library(tools)

# Join paths
p <- file.path("dir1", "dir2", "filename")
print(paste("p:", p))

# Join paths and normalize
print(file.path("dir1//", "filename"))
print(normalizePath(file.path("dir1/../dir1", "filename"), mustWork = FALSE))

# Get directory and base name
print(paste("Dir(p):", dirname(p)))
print(paste("Base(p):", basename(p)))

# Check if path is absolute
print(file_path_as_absolute("dir/file"))
print(file_path_as_absolute("/dir/file"))

filename <- "config.json"

# Get file extension
ext <- file_ext(filename)
print(ext)

# Remove file extension
print(file_path_sans_ext(filename))

# Find relative path
rel <- relative_path("a/b", "a/b/t/file")
print(rel)

rel <- relative_path("a/b", "a/c/t/file")
print(rel)

Let’s break down the R equivalent operations:

1. We use file.path() to join path components in a platform-independent way.

2. R doesn’t have a direct equivalent to filepath.Join() that also normalizes paths, but we can use normalizePath() to achieve a similar effect.

3. dirname() and basename() are used to split a path into directory and file components.

4. R doesn’t have a direct IsAbs() function, but file_path_as_absolute() from the tools package can be used to check if a path is absolute.

5. file_ext() from the tools package is used to get the file extension.

6. file_path_sans_ext() from the tools package removes the file extension.

7. relative_path() from the tools package finds a relative path between a base and a target.

When you run this R script, you’ll get output similar to:

[1] "p: dir1/dir2/filename"
[1] "dir1/filename"
[1] "/path/to/your/working/directory/dir1/filename"
[1] "Dir(p): dir1/dir2"
[1] "Base(p): filename"
[1] "/path/to/your/working/directory/dir/file"
[1] "/dir/file"
[1] "json"
[1] "config"
[1] "t/file"
[1] "../../c/t/file"

Note that the exact output might vary depending on your working directory and operating system. R handles file paths in a cross-platform manner, but the display of absolute paths will depend on your system.