json - Read a Text File into R

Question

I apologize if this has been asked previously, but I haven't been able to find an example online or elsewhere.

I have very dirty data file in a text file (it may be JSON). I want to analyze the data in R, and since I am still new to the language, I want to read in the raw data and manipulate as needed from there.

How would I go about reading in JSON from a text file on my machine? Additionally, if it isn't JSON, how can I read in the raw data as is (not parsed into columns, etc.) so I can go ahead and figure out how to parse it as needed?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Use the rjson package. In particular, look at the fromJSON function in the documentation.

If you want further pointers, then search for rjson at the R Bloggers website.