Read File Based on Extension — read

This function reads a file based on its extension and returns the data in a suitable format. It supports reading text files, CSV files, Stata files, Excel files, and SAS files.

Usage

read_file(file_path)

Arguments

file_path: A string specifying the path to the file.

Value

A data frame or data table containing the data read from the file.

Details

The function uses different packages to read different file types:

data.table::fread for reading text and CSV files.
readstata13::read.dta13 for reading Stata files.
readxl::read_xlsx for reading Excel files.
haven::read_sas for reading SAS files.