I'm not sure what base and readr do in this regard, but currently in fread, dec=='.' by default and needs manually setting to ',' in Europe for numerics with comma as the decimal separator. It could instead be detected automatically like sep already is. Please +1 this issue if you'd like this.
Further, dec could be automatically detected per-column for files where some numeric columns use ',' and other columns use '.'. But does anyone need that?
I'm not sure what
baseandreadrdo in this regard, but currently infread,dec=='.'by default and needs manually setting to','in Europe for numerics with comma as the decimal separator. It could instead be detected automatically likesepalready is. Please +1 this issue if you'd like this.Further,
deccould be automatically detected per-column for files where some numeric columns use','and other columns use'.'. But does anyone need that?