read.00Index              package:base              R Documentation

Read 00Index-style Files

Description:

     Read item/description information from 00Index-style files.  Such
     files are description lists rendered in tabular form, and
     currently used for the object, data and demo indices and `TITLE'
     files of add-on packages.

Usage:

     read.00Index(file)

Arguments:

    file: the name of a file to read data values from.  If the
          specified file is `""', then input is taken from the keyboard
          (in this case input can be terminated by a blank line).
          Alternatively, `file' can be a `connection', which will be
          opened if necessary, and if so closed at the end of the
          function call.

Value:

     a character matrix with 2 columns named `"Item"' and
     `"Description"' which hold the items and descriptions.

See Also:

     `formatDL' for the inverse operation of creating a 00Index-style
     file from items and their descriptions.

