reader: Suite of Functions to Flexibly Read Data from Files

A set of functions to simplify reading data from files. The main function, reader(), should read most common R datafile types without needing any parameters except the filename. Other functions provide simple ways of handling file paths and extensions, and automatically detecting file format and structure.

Version:	1.1.0
Depends:	R (≥ 2.10), utils, NCmisc (≥ 1.1)
Imports:	grDevices, graphics, stats, methods
Published:	2026-02-19
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.reader
Author:	Nicholas Cooper [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Nicholas Cooper <njcooper at gmx.co.uk>
License:	GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)]
NeedsCompilation:	no
CRAN checks:	reader results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

reader.html , reader.pdf

Downloads:

Package source:	reader_1.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: reader_1.1.0.zip, r-release: reader_1.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: reader_1.1.0.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): reader_1.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): reader_1.1.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): reader_1.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): reader_1.1.0.tgz
Old sources:	reader archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:	BatchQC, ie2misc
Reverse suggests:	ecocomDP, ie2miscdata

Linking:

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