Write a frequency list to a csv file

This function writes an object of the class freqlist to a csv file. The resulting csv file contains two columns, the first being the type and the second being the frequency of that type. The file also contains a header line with the names of both columns.

Usage

write_freqlist(x, file, sep = "\t", make_config_file = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x

Object of class freqlist.

file

Character vector of length 1. Path to the output file.

sep

Character vector of length 1. Column separator.

make_config_file

Logical. Whether or not a configuration file needs to be created. In most circumstances, this should be set to TRUE.

...

Additional arguments (not implemented).

Value

Invisibly, x.

Details

write_freqlist not only writes to the file file, but also creates a configuration file with a name that is identical to file, except that it has the filename extension ".yaml". The frequency list attributes "tot_n_tokens" and "tot_n_types" are stored to that configuration file.

See also

read_freqlist()

Other writing functions: write_assoc(), write_conc(), write_fnames(), write_tokens(), write_txt(), write_types()

Examples

toy_corpus <- "Once upon a time there was a tiny toy corpus.
It consisted of three sentences. And it lived happily ever after."
freqs <- freqlist(toy_corpus, as_text = TRUE)

print(freqs, n = 1000)
#> Frequency list (types in list: 19, tokens in list: 21)
#> rank      type abs_freq nrm_freq
#> ---- --------- -------- --------
#>    1         a        2  952.381
#>    2        it        2  952.381
#>    3     after        1  476.190
#>    4       and        1  476.190
#>    5 consisted        1  476.190
#>    6    corpus        1  476.190
#>    7      ever        1  476.190
#>    8   happily        1  476.190
#>    9     lived        1  476.190
#>   10        of        1  476.190
#>   11      once        1  476.190
#>   12 sentences        1  476.190
#>   13     there        1  476.190
#>   14     three        1  476.190
#>   15      time        1  476.190
#>   16      tiny        1  476.190
#>   17       toy        1  476.190
#>   18      upon        1  476.190
#>   19       was        1  476.190
.old_wd <- setwd(tempdir())
write_freqlist(freqs, "example_freqlist.csv")
freqs2 <- read_freqlist("example_freqlist.csv")
print(freqs2, n = 1000)
#> Frequency list (types in list: 19, tokens in list: 21)
#> rank      type abs_freq nrm_freq
#> ---- --------- -------- --------
#>    1         a        2  952.381
#>    2        it        2  952.381
#>    3     after        1  476.190
#>    4       and        1  476.190
#>    5 consisted        1  476.190
#>    6    corpus        1  476.190
#>    7      ever        1  476.190
#>    8   happily        1  476.190
#>    9     lived        1  476.190
#>   10        of        1  476.190
#>   11      once        1  476.190
#>   12 sentences        1  476.190
#>   13     there        1  476.190
#>   14     three        1  476.190
#>   15      time        1  476.190
#>   16      tiny        1  476.190
#>   17       toy        1  476.190
#>   18      upon        1  476.190
#>   19       was        1  476.190
setwd(.old_wd)