R: Reads a single column from file in table format

readTableIndex {R.utils} | R Documentation

## Reads a single column from file in table format

### Description

Reads a single column from file in table format, which can then be used as a index-to-row (look-up) map for fast access to a subset of rows using `readTable`().

### Usage

    ## Default S3 method:
    readTableIndex(..., indexColumn=1, colClass="character", verbose=FALSE)

### Arguments

`indexColumn` | An single `integer` of the index column.
`colClass` | A single `character` specifying the class of the index column.
`...` | Arguments passed to `readTable`() used internally.
`verbose` | A `logical` or a `Verbose` object.

### Value

Returns a `vector`.

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

### See Also

`readTable`().

### Examples

    ## Not run:
       # File containing data table to be access many times
       filename <- "somefile.txt"

       # Create a look-up index
       index <- readTableIndex(filename)

       # Keys of interest
       keys <- c("foo", "bar", "wah")

       # Read only those keys and do it fast
       df <- readTable(filename, rows=match(keys, index))

    ## End(Not run)

[Package R.utils version 2.7.0 Index]