sample_lines: Read in random lines from a text file
Description
Read in random lines from a text file
Usage
sample_lines(filename, n, nlines = NULL)
Arguments
filename
character containing the filename of the file from which the
lines should be read.
n
The number of lines that should be sampled from the file.
nlines
The total number of lines in the file. If not specified or
NULL the number of lines is first determined using
determine_nlines.
Value
Returns a character vector with the sampled lines.
Details
When nlines is not specified, the total number of lines is first
determined. This can take quite some time. Therefore, specifying the number of
lines can cause a significant speed up. It can also be used to sample lines
from the first nlines line by specifying a value for nlines that
is smaller than the number of lines in the file.
See Also
See readLines to read in all lines a text file;
get_lines can be used to read in specified lines.