Read a delimited file (including CSV and TSV) into a tibble

Source: R/read_delim.R

read_csv() and read_tsv() are special cases of the more general read_delim(). They're useful for reading the most common types of flat file data, comma separated values and tab separated values, respectively. read_csv2() uses ; for the field separator and , for the decimal point. This format is common in some European countries.

read_delim(
  file,
  delim = NULL,
  quote = "\"",
  escape_backslash = FALSE,
  escape_double = TRUE,
  col_names = TRUE,
  col_types = NULL,
  col_select = NULL,
  id = NULL,
  locale = default_locale(),
  na = c("", "NA"),
  quoted_na = TRUE,
  comment = "",
  trim_ws = FALSE,
  skip = 0,
  n_max = Inf,
  guess_max = min(1000, n_max),
  name_repair = "unique",
  num_threads = readr_threads(),
  progress = show_progress(),
  show_col_types = should_show_types(),
  skip_empty_rows = TRUE,
  lazy = should_read_lazy()
)

read_csv(
  file,
  col_names = TRUE,
  col_types = NULL,
  col_select = NULL,
  id = NULL,
  locale = default_locale(),
  na = c("", "NA"),
  quoted_na = TRUE,
  quote = "\"",
  comment = "",
  trim_ws = TRUE,
  skip = 0,
  n_max = Inf,
  guess_max = min(1000, n_max),
  name_repair = "unique",
  num_threads = readr_threads(),
  progress = show_progress(),
  show_col_types = should_show_types(),
  skip_empty_rows = TRUE,
  lazy = should_read_lazy()
)

read_csv2(
  file,
  col_names = TRUE,
  col_types = NULL,
  col_select = NULL,
  id = NULL,
  locale = default_locale(),
  na = c("", "NA"),
  quoted_na = TRUE,
  quote = "\"",
  comment = "",
  trim_ws = TRUE,
  skip = 0,
  n_max = Inf,
  guess_max = min(1000, n_max),
  progress = show_progress(),
  name_repair = "unique",
  num_threads = readr_threads(),
  show_col_types = should_show_types(),
  skip_empty_rows = TRUE,
  lazy = should_read_lazy()
)

read_tsv(
  file,
  col_names = TRUE,
  col_types = NULL,
  col_select = NULL,
  id = NULL,
  locale = default_locale(),
  na = c("", "NA"),
  quoted_na = TRUE,
  quote = "\"",
  comment = "",
  trim_ws = TRUE,
  skip = 0,
  n_max = Inf,
  guess_max = min(1000, n_max),
  progress = show_progress(),
  name_repair = "unique",
  num_threads = readr_threads(),
  show_col_types = should_show_types(),
  skip_empty_rows = TRUE,
  lazy = should_read_lazy()
)

Arguments

file

Either a path to a file, a connection, or literal data (either a single string or a raw vector).

Files ending in .gz, .bz2, .xz, or .zip will be automatically uncompressed. Files starting with http://, https://, ftp://, or ftps:// will be automatically downloaded. Remote gz files can also be automatically downloaded and decompressed.

Literal data is most useful for examples and tests. To be recognised as literal data, the input must be either wrapped with I(), be a string containing at least one new line, or be a vector containing at least one string with a new line.

Using a value of clipboard() will read from the system clipboard.

delim

Single character used to separate fields within a record.

quote

Single character used to quote strings.

escape_backslash

Does the file use backslashes to escape special characters? This is more general than escape_double as backslashes can be used to escape the delimiter character, the quote character, or to add special characters like \\n.

escape_double

Does the file escape quotes by doubling them? i.e. If this option is TRUE, the value """" represents a single quote, \".

col_names

Either TRUE, FALSE or a character vector of column names.

If TRUE, the first row of the input will be used as the column names, and will not be included in the data frame. If FALSE, column names will be generated automatically: X1, X2, X3 etc.

If col_names is a character vector, the values will be used as the names of the columns, and the first row of the input will be read into the first row of the output data frame.

Missing (NA) column names will generate a warning, and be filled in with dummy names ...1, ...2 etc. Duplicate column names will generate a warning and be made unique, see name_repair to control how this is done.

col_types

One of NULL, a cols() specification, or a string. See vignette("readr") for more details.

If NULL, all column types will be inferred from guess_max rows of the input, interspersed throughout the file. This is convenient (and fast), but not robust. If the guessed types are wrong, you'll need to increase guess_max or supply the correct types yourself.

Column specifications created by list() or cols() must contain one column specification for each column. If you only want to read a subset of the columns, use cols_only().

Alternatively, you can use a compact string representation where each character represents one column:

  • c = character

  • i = integer

  • n = number

  • d = double

  • l = logical

  • f = factor

  • D = date

  • T = date time

  • t = time

  • ? = guess

  • _ or - = skip

By default, reading a file without a column specification will print a message showing what readr guessed they were. To remove this message, set show_col_types = FALSE or set options(readr.show_col_types = FALSE).

col_select

Columns to include in the results. You can use the same mini-language as dplyr::select() to refer to the columns by name. Use c() to use more than one selection expression. Although this usage is less common, col_select also accepts a numeric column index. See ?tidyselect::language for full details on the selection language.

id

The name of a column in which to store the file path. This is useful when reading multiple input files and there is data in the file paths, such as the data collection date. If NULL (the default) no extra column is created.

locale

The locale controls defaults that vary from place to place. The default locale is US-centric (like R), but you can use locale() to create your own locale that controls things like the default time zone, encoding, decimal mark, big mark, and day/month names.

na

Character vector of strings to interpret as missing values. Set this option to character() to indicate no missing values.

quoted_na

[Deprecated] Should missing values inside quotes be treated as missing values (the default) or strings. This parameter is soft deprecated as of readr 2.0.0.

comment

A string used to identify comments. Any text after the comment characters will be silently ignored.

trim_ws

Should leading and trailing whitespace (ASCII spaces and tabs) be trimmed from each field before parsing it?

skip

Number of lines to skip before reading data. If comment is supplied any commented lines are ignored after skipping.

n_max

Maximum number of lines to read.

guess_max

Maximum number of lines to use for guessing column types. Will never use more than the number of lines read. See vignette("column-types", package = "readr") for more details.

name_repair

Handling of column names. The default behaviour is to ensure column names are "unique". Various repair strategies are supported:

  • "minimal": No name repair or checks, beyond basic existence of names.

  • "unique" (default value): Make sure names are unique and not empty.

  • "check_unique": No name repair, but check they are unique.

  • "unique_quiet": Repair with the unique strategy, quietly.

  • "universal": Make the names unique and syntactic.

  • "universal_quiet": Repair with the universal strategy, quietly.

  • A function: Apply custom name repair (e.g., name_repair = make.names for names in the style of base R).

  • A purrr-style anonymous function, see rlang::as_function().

This argument is passed on as repair to vctrs::vec_as_names(). See there for more details on these terms and the strategies used to enforce them.

num_threads

The number of processing threads to use for initial parsing and lazy reading of data. If your data contains newlines within fields the parser should automatically detect this and fall back to using one thread only. However if you know your file has newlines within quoted fields it is safest to set num_threads = 1 explicitly.

progress

Display a progress bar? By default it will only display in an interactive session and not while knitting a document. The automatic progress bar can be disabled by setting option readr.show_progress to FALSE.

show_col_types

If FALSE, do not show the guessed column types. If TRUE always show the column types, even if they are supplied. If NULL (the default) only show the column types if they are not explicitly supplied by the col_types argument.

skip_empty_rows

Should blank rows be ignored altogether? i.e. If this option is TRUE then blank rows will not be represented at all. If it is FALSE then they will be represented by NA values in all the columns.

lazy

Read values lazily? By default, this is FALSE, because there are special considerations when reading a file lazily that have tripped up some users. Specifically, things get tricky when reading and then writing back into the same file. But, in general, lazy reading (lazy = TRUE) has many benefits, especially for interactive use and when your downstream work only involves a subset of the rows or columns.

Learn more in should_read_lazy() and in the documentation for the altrep argument of vroom::vroom().

Value

A tibble(). If there are parsing problems, a warning will alert you. You can retrieve the full details by calling problems() on your dataset.

Examples

# Input sources -------------------------------------------------------------
# Read from a path
read_csv(readr_example("mtcars.csv"))
#> Rows: 32 Columns: 11
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (11): mpg, cyl, disp, hp, drat, wt, qsec, vs, am, gear, carb
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 32 × 11
#>      mpg   cyl  disp    hp  drat    wt  qsec    vs    am  gear  carb
#>    <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#>  1  21       6  160    110  3.9   2.62  16.5     0     1     4     4
#>  2  21       6  160    110  3.9   2.88  17.0     0     1     4     4
#>  3  22.8     4  108     93  3.85  2.32  18.6     1     1     4     1
#>  4  21.4     6  258    110  3.08  3.22  19.4     1     0     3     1
#>  5  18.7     8  360    175  3.15  3.44  17.0     0     0     3     2
#>  6  18.1     6  225    105  2.76  3.46  20.2     1     0     3     1
#>  7  14.3     8  360    245  3.21  3.57  15.8     0     0     3     4
#>  8  24.4     4  147.    62  3.69  3.19  20       1     0     4     2
#>  9  22.8     4  141.    95  3.92  3.15  22.9     1     0     4     2
#> 10  19.2     6  168.   123  3.92  3.44  18.3     1     0     4     4
#> # ℹ 22 more rows
read_csv(readr_example("mtcars.csv.zip"))
#> Rows: 32 Columns: 11
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (11): mpg, cyl, disp, hp, drat, wt, qsec, vs, am, gear, carb
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 32 × 11
#>      mpg   cyl  disp    hp  drat    wt  qsec    vs    am  gear  carb
#>    <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#>  1  21       6  160    110  3.9   2.62  16.5     0     1     4     4
#>  2  21       6  160    110  3.9   2.88  17.0     0     1     4     4
#>  3  22.8     4  108     93  3.85  2.32  18.6     1     1     4     1
#>  4  21.4     6  258    110  3.08  3.22  19.4     1     0     3     1
#>  5  18.7     8  360    175  3.15  3.44  17.0     0     0     3     2
#>  6  18.1     6  225    105  2.76  3.46  20.2     1     0     3     1
#>  7  14.3     8  360    245  3.21  3.57  15.8     0     0     3     4
#>  8  24.4     4  147.    62  3.69  3.19  20       1     0     4     2
#>  9  22.8     4  141.    95  3.92  3.15  22.9     1     0     4     2
#> 10  19.2     6  168.   123  3.92  3.44  18.3     1     0     4     4
#> # ℹ 22 more rows
read_csv(readr_example("mtcars.csv.bz2"))
#> Rows: 32 Columns: 11
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (11): mpg, cyl, disp, hp, drat, wt, qsec, vs, am, gear, carb
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 32 × 11
#>      mpg   cyl  disp    hp  drat    wt  qsec    vs    am  gear  carb
#>    <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#>  1  21       6  160    110  3.9   2.62  16.5     0     1     4     4
#>  2  21       6  160    110  3.9   2.88  17.0     0     1     4     4
#>  3  22.8     4  108     93  3.85  2.32  18.6     1     1     4     1
#>  4  21.4     6  258    110  3.08  3.22  19.4     1     0     3     1
#>  5  18.7     8  360    175  3.15  3.44  17.0     0     0     3     2
#>  6  18.1     6  225    105  2.76  3.46  20.2     1     0     3     1
#>  7  14.3     8  360    245  3.21  3.57  15.8     0     0     3     4
#>  8  24.4     4  147.    62  3.69  3.19  20       1     0     4     2
#>  9  22.8     4  141.    95  3.92  3.15  22.9     1     0     4     2
#> 10  19.2     6  168.   123  3.92  3.44  18.3     1     0     4     4
#> # ℹ 22 more rows
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Including remote paths
read_csv("https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/raw/main/inst/extdata/mtcars.csv")
} # }

# Read from multiple file paths at once
continents <- c("africa", "americas", "asia", "europe", "oceania")
filepaths <- vapply(
  paste0("mini-gapminder-", continents, ".csv"),
  FUN = readr_example,
  FUN.VALUE = character(1)
)
read_csv(filepaths, id = "file")
#> Rows: 26 Columns: 6
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> chr (1): country
#> dbl (4): year, lifeExp, pop, gdpPercap
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 26 × 6
#>    file                                   country  year lifeExp    pop gdpPercap
#>    <chr>                                  <chr>   <dbl>   <dbl>  <dbl>     <dbl>
#>  1 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Algeria  1952    43.1 9.28e6     2449.
#>  2 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Angola   1952    30.0 4.23e6     3521.
#>  3 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Benin    1952    38.2 1.74e6     1063.
#>  4 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Botswa…  1952    47.6 4.42e5      851.
#>  5 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Burkin…  1952    32.0 4.47e6      543.
#>  6 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Burundi  1952    39.0 2.45e6      339.
#>  7 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Argent…  1952    62.5 1.79e7     5911.
#>  8 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Bolivia  1952    40.4 2.88e6     2677.
#>  9 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Brazil   1952    50.9 5.66e7     2109.
#> 10 /tmp/RtmpjLk82K/temp_libpath23d005308… Canada   1952    68.8 1.48e7    11367.
#> # ℹ 16 more rows

# Or directly from a string with `I()`
read_csv(I("x,y\n1,2\n3,4"))
#> Rows: 2 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (2): x, y
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 2 × 2
#>       x     y
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2
#> 2     3     4

# Column selection-----------------------------------------------------------
# Pass column names or indexes directly to select them
read_csv(readr_example("chickens.csv"), col_select = c(chicken, eggs_laid))
#> Rows: 5 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> chr (1): chicken
#> dbl (1): eggs_laid
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 5 × 2
#>   chicken                 eggs_laid
#>   <chr>                       <dbl>
#> 1 Foghorn Leghorn                 0
#> 2 Chicken Little                  3
#> 3 Ginger                         12
#> 4 Camilla the Chicken             7
#> 5 Ernie The Giant Chicken         0
read_csv(readr_example("chickens.csv"), col_select = c(1, 3:4))
#> Rows: 5 Columns: 3
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> chr (2): chicken, motto
#> dbl (1): eggs_laid
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 5 × 3
#>   chicken                 eggs_laid motto                                       
#>   <chr>                       <dbl> <chr>                                       
#> 1 Foghorn Leghorn                 0 That's a joke, ah say, that's a joke, son.  
#> 2 Chicken Little                  3 The sky is falling!                         
#> 3 Ginger                         12 Listen. We'll either die free chickens or w…
#> 4 Camilla the Chicken             7 Bawk, buck, ba-gawk.                        
#> 5 Ernie The Giant Chicken         0 Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold.         

# Or use the selection helpers
read_csv(
  readr_example("chickens.csv"),
  col_select = c(starts_with("c"), last_col())
)
#> Rows: 5 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> chr (2): chicken, motto
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 5 × 2
#>   chicken                 motto                                                 
#>   <chr>                   <chr>                                                 
#> 1 Foghorn Leghorn         That's a joke, ah say, that's a joke, son.            
#> 2 Chicken Little          The sky is falling!                                   
#> 3 Ginger                  Listen. We'll either die free chickens or we die tryi…
#> 4 Camilla the Chicken     Bawk, buck, ba-gawk.                                  
#> 5 Ernie The Giant Chicken Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold.                   

# You can also rename specific columns
read_csv(
  readr_example("chickens.csv"),
  col_select = c(egg_yield = eggs_laid, everything())
)
#> Rows: 5 Columns: 4
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> chr (3): chicken, sex, motto
#> dbl (1): eggs_laid
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 5 × 4
#>   egg_yield chicken                 sex     motto                               
#>       <dbl> <chr>                   <chr>   <chr>                               
#> 1         0 Foghorn Leghorn         rooster That's a joke, ah say, that's a jok…
#> 2         3 Chicken Little          hen     The sky is falling!                 
#> 3        12 Ginger                  hen     Listen. We'll either die free chick…
#> 4         7 Camilla the Chicken     hen     Bawk, buck, ba-gawk.                
#> 5         0 Ernie The Giant Chicken rooster Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold. 

# Column types --------------------------------------------------------------
# By default, readr guesses the columns types, looking at `guess_max` rows.
# You can override with a compact specification:
read_csv(I("x,y\n1,2\n3,4"), col_types = "dc")
#> # A tibble: 2 × 2
#>       x y    
#>   <dbl> <chr>
#> 1     1 2    
#> 2     3 4    

# Or with a list of column types:
read_csv(I("x,y\n1,2\n3,4"), col_types = list(col_double(), col_character()))
#> # A tibble: 2 × 2
#>       x y    
#>   <dbl> <chr>
#> 1     1 2    
#> 2     3 4    

# If there are parsing problems, you get a warning, and can extract
# more details with problems()
y <- read_csv(I("x\n1\n2\nb"), col_types = list(col_double()))
#> Warning: One or more parsing issues, call `problems()` on your data frame for details,
#> e.g.:
#>   dat <- vroom(...)
#>   problems(dat)
y
#> # A tibble: 3 × 1
#>       x
#>   <dbl>
#> 1     1
#> 2     2
#> 3    NA
problems(y)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 5
#>     row   col expected actual file                             
#>   <int> <int> <chr>    <chr>  <chr>                            
#> 1     4     1 a double b      /tmp/RtmprSQVR5/file23f8c9e9324c7

# Column names --------------------------------------------------------------
# By default, readr duplicate name repair is noisy
read_csv(I("x,x\n1,2\n3,4"))
#> New names:
#> • `x` -> `x...1`
#> • `x` -> `x...2`
#> Rows: 2 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (2): x...1, x...2
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 2 × 2
#>   x...1 x...2
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2
#> 2     3     4

# Same default repair strategy, but quiet
read_csv(I("x,x\n1,2\n3,4"), name_repair = "unique_quiet")
#> Rows: 2 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (2): x...1, x...2
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 2 × 2
#>   x...1 x...2
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2
#> 2     3     4

# There's also a global option that controls verbosity of name repair
withr::with_options(
  list(rlib_name_repair_verbosity = "quiet"),
  read_csv(I("x,x\n1,2\n3,4"))
)
#> Rows: 2 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (2): x...1, x...2
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 2 × 2
#>   x...1 x...2
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2
#> 2     3     4

# Or use "minimal" to turn off name repair
read_csv(I("x,x\n1,2\n3,4"), name_repair = "minimal")
#> Rows: 2 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (2): x, x
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 2 × 2
#>       x     x
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2
#> 2     3     4

# File types ----------------------------------------------------------------
read_csv(I("a,b\n1.0,2.0"))
#> Rows: 1 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ","
#> dbl (2): a, b
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 1 × 2
#>       a     b
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2
read_csv2(I("a;b\n1,0;2,0"))
#> ℹ Using "','" as decimal and "'.'" as grouping mark. Use `read_delim()` for more control.
#> Rows: 1 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: ";"
#> dbl (2): a, b
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 1 × 2
#>       a     b
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2
read_tsv(I("a\tb\n1.0\t2.0"))
#> Rows: 1 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: "\t"
#> dbl (2): a, b
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 1 × 2
#>       a     b
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2
read_delim(I("a|b\n1.0|2.0"), delim = "|")
#> Rows: 1 Columns: 2
#> ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> Delimiter: "|"
#> dbl (2): a, b
#> 
#> ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
#> ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.
#> # A tibble: 1 × 2
#>       a     b
#>   <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1     1     2