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Convert File Paths to a Nested List

Source: R/24_dir_listwise.R
dir_listwise.Rd

Convert character paths, usually returned by list.files(), to a nested list structure.

Usage

dir_listwise(
  paths,
  value = c("path", "name", "TRUE"),
  sep = "[/\\\\]+",
  simplify_empty = TRUE
)

Arguments

paths

A character vector of file paths.

value

What to store at leaf nodes. One of "path", "name", or "TRUE".

sep

Path separator (regex). Defaults to / and \\.

simplify_empty

Logical. If TRUE, empty path components are removed.

Value

A nested named list.

Examples

# \donttest{
paths <- c(
  "R/list-core.R",
  "R/viz-list.R",
  "src/init.c",
  "src/list_core.c",
  "DESCRIPTION"
)

dir_listwise(paths)
#> $R
#> $R$`list-core.R`
#> [1] "R/list-core.R"
#> 
#> $R$`viz-list.R`
#> [1] "R/viz-list.R"
#> 
#> 
#> $src
#> $src$init.c
#> [1] "src/init.c"
#> 
#> $src$list_core.c
#> [1] "src/list_core.c"
#> 
#> 
#> $DESCRIPTION
#> [1] "DESCRIPTION"
#> 
# }