Force R’s readr to import all columns of a messy CSV file as strings - allow changing table structures

Force R’s readr to import all columns of a messy CSV file as strings - allow changing table structures

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library(readr)

file_location <- knime.flow.in[["File path"]]

knime.out <- as.data.frame(read_delim(file=file_location, delim=",", col_names = TRUE, col_types = cols(.default = "c")))

External resources

• KNIME and R — installation across operating systems — some remarks
• forum entry
• Read A Delimited File (Including Csv & Tsv) Into A Tibble
• col_types = "c" with readr
• Force all Strings on CSV