VEuPathDB / VEuPathDB/study-wrangler
Possibly add semicolon-delimited support to `entity_from_file`? (already supports CSV and TSV)
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Description
Not sure of this yet. Was brought to my attention via a Ukrainian Toxo user dataset in ClinEpi - which presumably didn't parse and load correctly. semicolon-delimited file with .csv extension.
Current readr::read_csv for *.csv files does NOT auto-detect delimiter.
read_delim can auto-detect but it may be preferable to detect ourselves - a bit more controllable?
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Research direction
Start at the entity_from_file entry point and review how readr::read_csv currently handles .csv files, alongside the existing CSV and TSV support. Compare whether readr::read_delim or controlled delimiter detection is appropriate for semicolon-delimited files with a .csv extension. Done means the Ukrainian-style input parses and loads correctly, with coverage for the chosen behavior.
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- Tech stack
- r
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- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100