Creating a reproducible read_csv example

doctor_g · 2017-12-15T11:07:59.016Z

I want to ask a question about using read_csv. To create a small, reproducible example, you'd think that requires an example CSV file. Is that what you'd do, and upload it? Or is there a nifty way to create a small dataframe in code (e.g. with dput) and simulate reading it in using read_csv?

doctor_g · 2017-12-15T11:43:06.652Z

And having created an example csv file, you're not allowed to upload that file type. So that seems to nitch that idea.

doctor_g · 2017-12-15T11:47:09.166Z

I'm an idiot. I've used this before and just remembered. You can pass a string containing newlines thus:

problem_data <- read_csv("ID, Type, Value\n1, 27, Startup\n2, 28, Load system\n3, 28, Initialise system\n4, 10, Processing data\n5, 10, Processed data, written result to file\n6, 30, Shutdown")