[R] textual analysis - transforming several pdf to txt - naming the files

[Rui Barradas]

Às 11:12 de 05/07/2023, Cecília Carmo escreveu:
> convertpdf2txt <- function(dirpath){
> 
>     files <- list.files(dirpath, pattern = "Consoli.*\\.pdf$", full.names
> = TRUE)
>     files <- chartr("\\", "/", files)
> 
>     x <- lapply(files, function(x){
>       pdftools::pdf_text(x) %>%
>         paste0(collapse = " ") %>%
>         stringr::str_squish()
>     })
>     new_names <- tools::file_path_sans_ext(files)
>     new_names <- paste(new_names, "txt", sep = ".")
>     setNames(x, new_names)
> }
> 
> # apply function
> # note that my test files are in "~/Temp"
> txts <- convertpdf2txt(here::here("~", "Temp"))
> names(txts)
> 
> 
> Thank you very much, but the following error appeared:
> 
> Error: unexpected '}' in "}"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cec�lia Carmo
> 
> Universidade de Aveiro
> 
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> 
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Hello,

I had tested the code with a couple of PDF's and it ran with no errors 
or warnings.
That error is telling that a "}" is not balanced but in my code they all 
are, RStudio checks it automatically.

Can you try to check in an editor with syntax highlighting?


Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas