Wrapper function for writing data functions — write_fun • dataRC

This function receives a file extension and returns the proper writing function.

Usage

write_fun(extension, ...)

Arguments

extension: A string specifying the file extension that must support the returned function. Supported extensions: 'parquet', 'feather', 'dta', 'xlsx', 'csv', 'sas', 'rds' and 'rdata'. This parameter is case robust.
...: Additional arguments to be passed to the writing functions (write.csv, write.table, etc.).

Value

A function that can write data to the specified file format. The returned function will accept the data object and the file path as arguments.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Write data to Parquet file
writer <- write_fun("parquet")
writer(data, "file.parquet")

# Write data to CSV file with comma separator
writer <- write_fun("csv", sep = ',')
writer(data, "file.csv")

# Write data to TXT file with tab separator and specifying additional arguments
writer <- write_fun("txt", sep = '\t', col.names = FALSE)
writer(data, "file.txt")
}