Anthony Egerton aegerton
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/ PDF-2-text-or-CSV.r
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Convert PDFs to text files or CSV files (DfR format) with R
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| # Here are a few methods for getting text from PDF files. Do read through | |
| # the instructions carefully! NOte that this code is written for Windows 7, | |
| # slight adjustments may be needed for other OSs | |
| # Tell R what folder contains your 1000s of PDFs | |
| dest <- "G:/somehere/with/many/PDFs" | |
| # make a vector of PDF file names | |
| myfiles <- list.files(path = dest, pattern = "pdf", full.names = TRUE) |