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benmarwick / gist:c6f3226a21e4f44c81a643b81e3ca426

Last active April 25, 2017 01:10

	# get list of wikileaks files and directories
	library(rvest)
	wl <- read_html("https://file.wikileaks.org/file/")

	# get file/directory names & clean a little
	wllt <-
	wl %>%
	# Get text of URLS
	html_nodes("a") %>%
	html_text() %>%

benmarwick / 0-ggplot-format-snippets.R

Created March 9, 2017 06:18 — forked from LCHansson/0-ggplot-format-snippets.R

ggplot format snippets

benmarwick / convert_doc_to_txt.R

Created January 17, 2017 10:59

Convert Microsoft Word documents (.doc, MS Word 97) into plain text, using R and libreoffice

	# Assuming we are in the directory with the docs
	# get a list of the files
	the_docs <- list.files(pattern = ".doc$")

	# remove spaces from the file names
	file.rename(the_docs, gsub(" ", "_", the_docs))

	# get the file names again
	the_docs <- list.files(pattern = ".doc$\|docx$")

benmarwick / most_common_stat_tests.r

Last active May 29, 2019 15:50

What are the most frequently used statistical tests?

	---
	title: "What are the most frequently used statistical tests?"
	author: "Ben Marwick"
	date: "March 31, 2016"
	output: html_document
	---

	```{r setup, include=FALSE}
	knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE,
	warning = FALSE,

benmarwick / potting_custom_geom_shapes.r

Last active April 27, 2021 22:05

Adjust the shape of each data point to a custom polygon using variables



	#' Polygon vertices for plotting computed from an object's linear dimensions
	#'
	#' This function takes a data frame (one row per object) of object dimensions,
	#' where each object is defined by five linear measurements, and computes coords
	#' of polygon vertices at given x and y values (taken from the data frame)
	#'
	#' @param data data frame with at least seven numeric columns
	#' @param x column for x position of polygon centers

benmarwick / csv2txts.R

Last active February 9, 2021 15:06

Convert a single CSV file (one text per row) into separate text files. A function in R.

	#' Making several text files from a single CSV file
	#'
	#' Convert a single CSV file (one text per row) into
	#' separate text files. A function in R.
	#'
	#' To use this function for the first time run:
	#' install.packages("devtools")
	#' then thereafter you just need to load the function
	#' fom github like so:
	#' library(devtools) # windows users need Rtools installed, mac users need XCode installed

adamjohnson / skeleton_wide.css

Created February 21, 2012 16:15

1200px Media Query for the Skeleton Grid

	/* 1200px Media Query for the Skeleton Grid - http://getskeleton.com
	* Adapted from http://www.aliaspooryorik.com/blog/index.cfm/e/posts.details/post/responsive-css-grid-systems-345
	* Added .alpha.omega combo classes. Hope to see that fixed in later versions of Skeleton: https://github.com/dhgamache/Skeleton/issues/68
	*/
	@media only screen and (min-width: 1200px) {

	.container { width: 1200px;}
	.container .column,
	.container .columns { margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; }