R|convert rtf to csv
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```R #install.packages(“readtext”) library(readtext) write_rtf_data_to_csv <- function(input_folder, output_folder, output_file) { # Get the list of RTF files in the input folder rtf_files <- list.files(path = input_folder, pattern = “\.rtf$”, full.names = TRUE)
# Initialize an empty data frame to store the contents of all files all_content <- data.frame(content = character(), stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
# Loop over the RTF files and read in the contents for (i in seq_along(rtf_files)) { file_content <- readtext(rtf_files[i]) content <- strsplit(file_content[[2]], split = “\n\n\n\n\n\n \n”) df_content <- data.frame(content, stringsAsFactors = FALSE) colnames(df_content) <- c(“content”) all_content <- rbind(all_content, df_content) }
# Write the combined data frame to a CSV file write.csv(all_content, file.path(output_folder, output_file), row.names = FALSE) }