{"id":9048,"date":"2024-03-14T08:59:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-check-the-file-type-in-r-language\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T14:34:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:34:18","slug":"how-to-check-the-file-type-in-r-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-check-the-file-type-in-r-language\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check the file type in R language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In R language, you can use the following code to check the type of a file:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>file <span class=\"hljs-operator\">&lt;-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"path_to_your_file\"<\/span>\r\nfile_info <span class=\"hljs-operator\">&lt;-<\/span> file.info<span class=\"hljs-punctuation\">(<\/span>file<span class=\"hljs-punctuation\">)<\/span>\r\nfile_type <span class=\"hljs-operator\">&lt;-<\/span> file_info<span class=\"hljs-operator\">$<\/span>type\r\nprint<span class=\"hljs-punctuation\">(<\/span>file_type<span class=\"hljs-punctuation\">)<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this case, path_to_your_file is the path of the file you want to view. 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