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    Read multiple CSV files into a single dataframe
  
        
  
    
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  | create_big_data_from_csv_dir <- function(directory, ids) { | |
| # locate the files | |
| files <- list.files(directory, full.names=T)[ids] | |
| # read the files into a list of data.frames | |
| data.list <- lapply(files, read.csv) | |
| # concatenate into one big data.frame | |
| data.cat <- do.call(rbind, data.list) | |
| # aggregate | |
| # data.agg <- aggregate(value ~ index, data.cat, mean) | |
| } | 
  
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@SimonStolz that's pretty cool :) Thank you! 👍