Hello
I am trying to work through a problem, but feel like I've gone down a
rabbit hole. I'd very much appreciate any help.
The task: I have several directories of multiple (some directories, up
to 2,500+) *.docx files (newspaper articles downloaded from Lexis+) that
I want to iterate through to append to a spreadsheet only those articles
that satisfy a condition (i.e., a specific keyword is present for >= 50%
coverage of the subject matter). Lexis+ has a very specific structure
and keywords are given in the row "Subject".
I'd like to be able to accomplish the following:
(1) Append the title, the month, the author, the number of words, and
page number(s) to a spreadsheet
(2) Read each article and extract keywords (in the docs, these are
listed in 'Subject' section as a list of keywords with a percentage
showing the extent to which the keyword features in the article (e.g.,
FAST FASHION (72%)) and to append the keyword and the % coverage to the
same row in the spreadsheet. However, I want to ensure that the keyword
coverage meets the threshold of >= 50%; if not, then pass onto the next
article in the directory. Rinse and repeat for the entire directory.
So far, I've tried working through some Stack Overflow-based solutions,
but most seem to use the textreadr package, which is now deprecated;
others use either the officer or the officedown packages. However, these
packages don't appear to do what I want the program to do, at least not
in any of the examples I have found, nor in the vignettes and relevant
package manuals I've looked at.
The first point is, is what I am intending to do even possible using R?
If it is, then where do I start with this? If these docx files were
converted to UTF-8 plain text, would that make the task easier?
I am not a confident coder, and am really only just getting my head
around R so appreciate a steep learning curve ahead, but of course, I
don't know what I don't know, so any pointers in the right direction
would be a big help.
Many thanks in anticipation
Andy
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