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########################################################################   clean a path and unlist it (for setDir())#     - expects Windows backslashes '\'cleanPath <- function(filename = choose.files()){  x <- gsub('\\\\','/', filename)  # nice easy way to find and clean the path	y <- (gregexpr('/', x))     # vector of positions of /	return(list(path=x, pos=y))}########################################################################   takes CleanPath() output as arg, returns just the filenamejustFile <- function(x) {    pos <- unlist(x$pos)    pos <- pos[length(pos)]    fname <- substring(x$path, pos+1, nchar(x$path))    return(fname)}########################################################################   this one allows you to use shortcuts (nicer file picker)setDir <- function(){  x <- cleanPath()                        # list of path + filename  y <- x$pos[length(x$pos)]                       # just the last one	y <- substring(x$path, 1, y-1)               # the directory!	setwd(y)	print(sprintf('working Dir set to %s', getwd()))	return(y)}########################################################################       yymmdd date formatyymmdd <- function(thisDate = Sys.Date()){  return(format(thisDate, '%y%m%d'))}########################################################################		    creates a new subdirectory, defaulting to the current date#         - subdirectory of a directory called 'plot'#         - So if you are creating lots of plots they are collected by dateplotDir <- function(pdir = 'plot', ...){	plot_dir <- paste(pdir, '/', yymmdd(...), sep='')	dir.create(plot_dir, rec=T)	return(plot_dir)}########################################################################  nukem - erase all objects (after asking nicely)nukem <- function(){  x <- readline ("\n\tErase all objects? (Y)")  if (tolower(substr(x, 1, 1)) != "n") {rm(list=ls(all=TRUE))}# NUKE all objects  else {print("Nothing was changed.")}}