read.00Index {base} | R Documentation |
Read item/description information from 00Index-style files. Such files are description lists rendered in tabular form, and currently used for the object, data and demo indices and ‘TITLE’ files of add-on packages.
read.00Index(file)
file |
the name of a file to read data values from. If the
specified file is "" , then input is taken from the keyboard
(in this case input can be terminated by a blank line).
Alternatively, file can be a connection , which
will be opened if necessary, and if so closed at the end of the
function call. |
a character matrix with 2 columns named "Item"
and
"Description"
which hold the items and descriptions.
formatDL
for the inverse operation of creating a
00Index-style file from items and their descriptions.