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A fast and friendly R package for reading rectangular data from delimited files like CSV and TSV.
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readr is an R package that provides fast and user-friendly functions to read rectangular data from flat files like CSV, TSV, and fixed-width formats. It solves the problem of efficiently importing and parsing real-world data with informative feedback, making data import more reliable and consistent within the tidyverse ecosystem.
R users, data analysts, and data scientists who need to import and clean structured data from text files as part of their data analysis workflows, especially those working within the tidyverse.
Developers choose readr for its speed improvements over base R, consistent and intuitive API, informative error reporting, and seamless integration with the tidyverse, offering a modern and efficient alternative for data import tasks.
Overview
Read flat files (csv, tsv, fwf) into R
Use Cases
Best For
- Importing large CSV or TSV files quickly in R
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