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Convert a data frame to a delimited string

Source: R/vroom_write.R
vroom_format.Rd

This is equivalent to vroom_write(), but instead of writing to disk, it returns a string. It is primarily useful for examples and for testing.

Usage

vroom_format(
  x,
  delim = "\t",
  eol = "\n",
  na = "NA",
  col_names = TRUE,
  escape = c("double", "backslash", "none"),
  quote = c("needed", "all", "none"),
  bom = FALSE,
  num_threads = vroom_threads()
)

Arguments

x

A data frame or tibble to write to disk.

delim

Delimiter used to separate values. Defaults to \t to write tab separated value (TSV) files.

eol

The end of line character to use. Most commonly either "\n" for Unix style newlines, or "\r\n" for Windows style newlines.

na

String used for missing values. Defaults to 'NA'.

col_names

If FALSE, column names will not be included at the top of the file. If TRUE, column names will be included. If not specified, col_names will take the opposite value given to append.

escape

The type of escape to use when quotes are in the data.

  • double - quotes are escaped by doubling them.

  • backslash - quotes are escaped by a preceding backslash.

  • none - quotes are not escaped.

quote

How to handle fields which contain characters that need to be quoted.

  • needed - Values are only quoted if needed: if they contain a delimiter, quote, or newline.

  • all - Quote all fields.

  • none - Never quote fields.

bom

If TRUE add a UTF-8 BOM at the beginning of the file. This is recommended when saving data for consumption by excel, as it will force excel to read the data with the correct encoding (UTF-8)

num_threads

Number of threads to use when reading and materializing vectors. If your data contains newlines within fields the parser will automatically be forced to use a single thread only.