In this project, you’re given a text file with chess tournament results where the information has some structure. The purpose is to create an R Markdown file that generates a .CSV file (that could for example be imported into a SQL database) with the following information for all of the players: Player’s Name, Player’s State, Total Number of Points, Player’s Pre-Rating, and Average Pre Chess Rating of Opponents.

tournamentinfo <- readLines('/Users/Emahayz_Pro/Desktop/Data_Science/Data 607/Week4/tournamentinfo.txt')
## Warning in readLines("/Users/Emahayz_Pro/Desktop/Data_Science/Data 607/
## Week4/tournamentinfo.txt"): incomplete final line found on '/Users/
## Emahayz_Pro/Desktop/Data_Science/Data 607/Week4/tournamentinfo.txt'
structure(tournamentinfo)
##   [1] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##   [2] " Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| "
##   [3] " Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  | "
##   [4] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##   [5] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|" 
##   [6] "   ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
##   [7] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##   [8] "    2 | DAKSHESH DARURI                 |6.0  |W  63|W  58|L   4|W  17|W  16|W  20|W   7|" 
##   [9] "   MI | 14598900 / R: 1553   ->1663     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
##  [10] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [11] "    3 | ADITYA BAJAJ                    |6.0  |L   8|W  61|W  25|W  21|W  11|W  13|W  12|" 
##  [12] "   MI | 14959604 / R: 1384   ->1640     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
##  [13] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [14] "    4 | PATRICK H SCHILLING             |5.5  |W  23|D  28|W   2|W  26|D   5|W  19|D   1|" 
##  [15] "   MI | 12616049 / R: 1716   ->1744     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |" 
##  [16] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [17] "    5 | HANSHI ZUO                      |5.5  |W  45|W  37|D  12|D  13|D   4|W  14|W  17|" 
##  [18] "   MI | 14601533 / R: 1655   ->1690     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
##  [19] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [20] "    6 | HANSEN SONG                     |5.0  |W  34|D  29|L  11|W  35|D  10|W  27|W  21|" 
##  [21] "   OH | 15055204 / R: 1686   ->1687     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |" 
##  [22] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [23] "    7 | GARY DEE SWATHELL               |5.0  |W  57|W  46|W  13|W  11|L   1|W   9|L   2|" 
##  [24] "   MI | 11146376 / R: 1649   ->1673     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |" 
##  [25] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [26] "    8 | EZEKIEL HOUGHTON                |5.0  |W   3|W  32|L  14|L   9|W  47|W  28|W  19|" 
##  [27] "   MI | 15142253 / R: 1641P17->1657P24  |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |" 
##  [28] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [29] "    9 | STEFANO LEE                     |5.0  |W  25|L  18|W  59|W   8|W  26|L   7|W  20|" 
##  [30] "   ON | 14954524 / R: 1411   ->1564     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |" 
##  [31] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [32] "   10 | ANVIT RAO                       |5.0  |D  16|L  19|W  55|W  31|D   6|W  25|W  18|" 
##  [33] "   MI | 14150362 / R: 1365   ->1544     |N:3  |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
##  [34] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [35] "   11 | CAMERON WILLIAM MC LEMAN        |4.5  |D  38|W  56|W   6|L   7|L   3|W  34|W  26|" 
##  [36] "   MI | 12581589 / R: 1712   ->1696     |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
##  [37] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [38] "   12 | KENNETH J TACK                  |4.5  |W  42|W  33|D   5|W  38|H    |D   1|L   3|" 
##  [39] "   MI | 12681257 / R: 1663   ->1670     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |W    |B    |" 
##  [40] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [41] "   13 | TORRANCE HENRY JR               |4.5  |W  36|W  27|L   7|D   5|W  33|L   3|W  32|" 
##  [42] "   MI | 15082995 / R: 1666   ->1662     |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |" 
##  [43] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [44] "   14 | BRADLEY SHAW                    |4.5  |W  54|W  44|W   8|L   1|D  27|L   5|W  31|" 
##  [45] "   MI | 10131499 / R: 1610   ->1618     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |" 
##  [46] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [47] "   15 | ZACHARY JAMES HOUGHTON          |4.5  |D  19|L  16|W  30|L  22|W  54|W  33|W  38|" 
##  [48] "   MI | 15619130 / R: 1220P13->1416P20  |N:3  |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |" 
##  [49] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [50] "   16 | MIKE NIKITIN                    |4.0  |D  10|W  15|H    |W  39|L   2|W  36|U    |" 
##  [51] "   MI | 10295068 / R: 1604   ->1613     |N:3  |B    |W    |     |B    |W    |B    |     |" 
##  [52] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [53] "   17 | RONALD GRZEGORCZYK              |4.0  |W  48|W  41|L  26|L   2|W  23|W  22|L   5|" 
##  [54] "   MI | 10297702 / R: 1629   ->1610     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
##  [55] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [56] "   18 | DAVID SUNDEEN                   |4.0  |W  47|W   9|L   1|W  32|L  19|W  38|L  10|" 
##  [57] "   MI | 11342094 / R: 1600   ->1600     |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
##  [58] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [59] "   19 | DIPANKAR ROY                    |4.0  |D  15|W  10|W  52|D  28|W  18|L   4|L   8|" 
##  [60] "   MI | 14862333 / R: 1564   ->1570     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |B    |" 
##  [61] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [62] "   20 | JASON ZHENG                     |4.0  |L  40|W  49|W  23|W  41|W  28|L   2|L   9|" 
##  [63] "   MI | 14529060 / R: 1595   ->1569     |N:4  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
##  [64] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [65] "   21 | DINH DANG BUI                   |4.0  |W  43|L   1|W  47|L   3|W  40|W  39|L   6|" 
##  [66] "   ON | 15495066 / R: 1563P22->1562     |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |B    |W    |" 
##  [67] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [68] "   22 | EUGENE L MCCLURE                |4.0  |W  64|D  52|L  28|W  15|H    |L  17|W  40|" 
##  [69] "   MI | 12405534 / R: 1555   ->1529     |N:4  |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |W    |B    |" 
##  [70] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [71] "   23 | ALAN BUI                        |4.0  |L   4|W  43|L  20|W  58|L  17|W  37|W  46|" 
##  [72] "   ON | 15030142 / R: 1363   ->1371     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
##  [73] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [74] "   24 | MICHAEL R ALDRICH               |4.0  |L  28|L  47|W  43|L  25|W  60|W  44|W  39|" 
##  [75] "   MI | 13469010 / R: 1229   ->1300     |N:4  |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |" 
##  [76] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [77] "   25 | LOREN SCHWIEBERT                |3.5  |L   9|W  53|L   3|W  24|D  34|L  10|W  47|" 
##  [78] "   MI | 12486656 / R: 1745   ->1681     |N:4  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
##  [79] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [80] "   26 | MAX ZHU                         |3.5  |W  49|W  40|W  17|L   4|L   9|D  32|L  11|" 
##  [81] "   ON | 15131520 / R: 1579   ->1564     |N:4  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |" 
##  [82] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [83] "   27 | GAURAV GIDWANI                  |3.5  |W  51|L  13|W  46|W  37|D  14|L   6|U    |" 
##  [84] "   MI | 14476567 / R: 1552   ->1539     |N:4  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |" 
##  [85] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [86] "   28 | SOFIA ADINA STANESCU-BELLU      |3.5  |W  24|D   4|W  22|D  19|L  20|L   8|D  36|" 
##  [87] "   MI | 14882954 / R: 1507   ->1513     |N:3  |W    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |" 
##  [88] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [89] "   29 | CHIEDOZIE OKORIE                |3.5  |W  50|D   6|L  38|L  34|W  52|W  48|U    |" 
##  [90] "   MI | 15323285 / R: 1602P6 ->1508P12  |N:4  |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |B    |     |" 
##  [91] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [92] "   30 | GEORGE AVERY JONES              |3.5  |L  52|D  64|L  15|W  55|L  31|W  61|W  50|" 
##  [93] "   ON | 12577178 / R: 1522   ->1444     |     |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |B    |" 
##  [94] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [95] "   31 | RISHI SHETTY                    |3.5  |L  58|D  55|W  64|L  10|W  30|W  50|L  14|" 
##  [96] "   MI | 15131618 / R: 1494   ->1444     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
##  [97] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [98] "   32 | JOSHUA PHILIP MATHEWS           |3.5  |W  61|L   8|W  44|L  18|W  51|D  26|L  13|" 
##  [99] "   ON | 14073750 / R: 1441   ->1433     |N:4  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
## [100] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [101] "   33 | JADE GE                         |3.5  |W  60|L  12|W  50|D  36|L  13|L  15|W  51|" 
## [102] "   MI | 14691842 / R: 1449   ->1421     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
## [103] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [104] "   34 | MICHAEL JEFFERY THOMAS          |3.5  |L   6|W  60|L  37|W  29|D  25|L  11|W  52|" 
## [105] "   MI | 15051807 / R: 1399   ->1400     |     |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
## [106] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [107] "   35 | JOSHUA DAVID LEE                |3.5  |L  46|L  38|W  56|L   6|W  57|D  52|W  48|" 
## [108] "   MI | 14601397 / R: 1438   ->1392     |     |W    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |" 
## [109] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [110] "   36 | SIDDHARTH JHA                   |3.5  |L  13|W  57|W  51|D  33|H    |L  16|D  28|" 
## [111] "   MI | 14773163 / R: 1355   ->1367     |N:4  |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |W    |B    |" 
## [112] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [113] "   37 | AMIYATOSH PWNANANDAM            |3.5  |B    |L   5|W  34|L  27|H    |L  23|W  61|" 
## [114] "   MI | 15489571 / R:  980P12->1077P17  |     |     |B    |W    |W    |     |B    |W    |" 
## [115] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [116] "   38 | BRIAN LIU                       |3.0  |D  11|W  35|W  29|L  12|H    |L  18|L  15|" 
## [117] "   MI | 15108523 / R: 1423   ->1439     |N:4  |W    |B    |W    |W    |     |B    |B    |" 
## [118] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [119] "   39 | JOEL R HENDON                   |3.0  |L   1|W  54|W  40|L  16|W  44|L  21|L  24|" 
## [120] "   MI | 12923035 / R: 1436P23->1413     |N:4  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |" 
## [121] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [122] "   40 | FOREST ZHANG                    |3.0  |W  20|L  26|L  39|W  59|L  21|W  56|L  22|" 
## [123] "   MI | 14892710 / R: 1348   ->1346     |     |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |W    |W    |" 
## [124] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [125] "   41 | KYLE WILLIAM MURPHY             |3.0  |W  59|L  17|W  58|L  20|X    |U    |U    |" 
## [126] "   MI | 15761443 / R: 1403P5 ->1341P9   |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |     |     |     |" 
## [127] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [128] "   42 | JARED GE                        |3.0  |L  12|L  50|L  57|D  60|D  61|W  64|W  56|" 
## [129] "   MI | 14462326 / R: 1332   ->1256     |     |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |" 
## [130] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [131] "   43 | ROBERT GLEN VASEY               |3.0  |L  21|L  23|L  24|W  63|W  59|L  46|W  55|" 
## [132] "   MI | 14101068 / R: 1283   ->1244     |     |W    |B    |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |" 
## [133] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [134] "   44 | JUSTIN D SCHILLING              |3.0  |B    |L  14|L  32|W  53|L  39|L  24|W  59|" 
## [135] "   MI | 15323504 / R: 1199   ->1199     |     |     |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
## [136] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [137] "   45 | DEREK YAN                       |3.0  |L   5|L  51|D  60|L  56|W  63|D  55|W  58|" 
## [138] "   MI | 15372807 / R: 1242   ->1191     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
## [139] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [140] "   46 | JACOB ALEXANDER LAVALLEY        |3.0  |W  35|L   7|L  27|L  50|W  64|W  43|L  23|" 
## [141] "   MI | 15490981 / R:  377P3 ->1076P10  |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |" 
## [142] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [143] "   47 | ERIC WRIGHT                     |2.5  |L  18|W  24|L  21|W  61|L   8|D  51|L  25|" 
## [144] "   MI | 12533115 / R: 1362   ->1341     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
## [145] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [146] "   48 | DANIEL KHAIN                    |2.5  |L  17|W  63|H    |D  52|H    |L  29|L  35|" 
## [147] "   MI | 14369165 / R: 1382   ->1335     |     |B    |W    |     |B    |     |W    |B    |" 
## [148] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [149] "   49 | MICHAEL J MARTIN                |2.5  |L  26|L  20|D  63|D  64|W  58|H    |U    |" 
## [150] "   MI | 12531685 / R: 1291P12->1259P17  |     |W    |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |     |" 
## [151] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [152] "   50 | SHIVAM JHA                      |2.5  |L  29|W  42|L  33|W  46|H    |L  31|L  30|" 
## [153] "   MI | 14773178 / R: 1056   ->1111     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |B    |W    |" 
## [154] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [155] "   51 | TEJAS AYYAGARI                  |2.5  |L  27|W  45|L  36|W  57|L  32|D  47|L  33|" 
## [156] "   MI | 15205474 / R: 1011   ->1097     |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |" 
## [157] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [158] "   52 | ETHAN GUO                       |2.5  |W  30|D  22|L  19|D  48|L  29|D  35|L  34|" 
## [159] "   MI | 14918803 / R:  935   ->1092     |N:4  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
## [160] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [161] "   53 | JOSE C YBARRA                   |2.0  |H    |L  25|H    |L  44|U    |W  57|U    |" 
## [162] "   MI | 12578849 / R: 1393   ->1359     |     |     |B    |     |W    |     |W    |     |" 
## [163] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [164] "   54 | LARRY HODGE                     |2.0  |L  14|L  39|L  61|B    |L  15|L  59|W  64|" 
## [165] "   MI | 12836773 / R: 1270   ->1200     |     |B    |B    |W    |     |W    |B    |W    |" 
## [166] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [167] "   55 | ALEX KONG                       |2.0  |L  62|D  31|L  10|L  30|B    |D  45|L  43|" 
## [168] "   MI | 15412571 / R: 1186   ->1163     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |W    |B    |" 
## [169] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [170] "   56 | MARISA RICCI                    |2.0  |H    |L  11|L  35|W  45|H    |L  40|L  42|" 
## [171] "   MI | 14679887 / R: 1153   ->1140     |     |     |B    |W    |W    |     |B    |W    |" 
## [172] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [173] "   57 | MICHAEL LU                      |2.0  |L   7|L  36|W  42|L  51|L  35|L  53|B    |" 
## [174] "   MI | 15113330 / R: 1092   ->1079     |     |B    |W    |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |" 
## [175] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [176] "   58 | VIRAJ MOHILE                    |2.0  |W  31|L   2|L  41|L  23|L  49|B    |L  45|" 
## [177] "   MI | 14700365 / R:  917   -> 941     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |     |B    |" 
## [178] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [179] "   59 | SEAN M MC CORMICK               |2.0  |L  41|B    |L   9|L  40|L  43|W  54|L  44|" 
## [180] "   MI | 12841036 / R:  853   -> 878     |     |W    |     |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |" 
## [181] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [182] "   60 | JULIA SHEN                      |1.5  |L  33|L  34|D  45|D  42|L  24|H    |U    |" 
## [183] "   MI | 14579262 / R:  967   -> 984     |     |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |     |     |" 
## [184] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [185] "   61 | JEZZEL FARKAS                   |1.5  |L  32|L   3|W  54|L  47|D  42|L  30|L  37|" 
## [186] "   ON | 15771592 / R:  955P11-> 979P18  |     |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
## [187] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [188] "   62 | ASHWIN BALAJI                   |1.0  |W  55|U    |U    |U    |U    |U    |U    |" 
## [189] "   MI | 15219542 / R: 1530   ->1535     |     |B    |     |     |     |     |     |     |" 
## [190] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [191] "   63 | THOMAS JOSEPH HOSMER            |1.0  |L   2|L  48|D  49|L  43|L  45|H    |U    |" 
## [192] "   MI | 15057092 / R: 1175   ->1125     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |     |     |" 
## [193] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [194] "   64 | BEN LI                          |1.0  |L  22|D  30|L  31|D  49|L  46|L  42|L  54|" 
## [195] "   MI | 15006561 / R: 1163   ->1112     |     |B    |W    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |" 
## [196] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
head(tournamentinfo)
## [1] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [2] " Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| "
## [3] " Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  | "
## [4] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [5] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|" 
## [6] "   ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"
tail(tournamentinfo)
## [1] "   63 | THOMAS JOSEPH HOSMER            |1.0  |L   2|L  48|D  49|L  43|L  45|H    |U    |"
## [2] "   MI | 15057092 / R: 1175   ->1125     |     |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |     |     |"
## [3] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
## [4] "   64 | BEN LI                          |1.0  |L  22|D  30|L  31|D  49|L  46|L  42|L  54|"
## [5] "   MI | 15006561 / R: 1163   ->1112     |     |B    |W    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |"
## [6] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
library(stringr)
library(DT)
library(dplyr)
## 
## Attaching package: 'dplyr'
## The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
## 
##     filter, lag
## The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
## 
##     intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
library(knitr)
library(readr)
library(tidyr)

Clean up the raw data

tournamentinfo = str_replace_all(tournamentinfo,"-","") 
print(tournamentinfo[1:12])
##  [1] ""                                                                                          
##  [2] " Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| "
##  [3] " Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre>Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  | " 
##  [4] ""                                                                                          
##  [5] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|" 
##  [6] "   ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   >1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"  
##  [7] ""                                                                                          
##  [8] "    2 | DAKSHESH DARURI                 |6.0  |W  63|W  58|L   4|W  17|W  16|W  20|W   7|" 
##  [9] "   MI | 14598900 / R: 1553   >1663     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"  
## [10] ""                                                                                          
## [11] "    3 | ADITYA BAJAJ                    |6.0  |L   8|W  61|W  25|W  21|W  11|W  13|W  12|" 
## [12] "   MI | 14959604 / R: 1384   >1640     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"

Read the cleaned data to a dataframe

Clean_data = read.delim(textConnection(tournamentinfo),header = F, sep = "|", stringsAsFactors = F)
Clean_data = Clean_data[,-11]

This is the headers

data_header = paste(trimws(as.character(Clean_data[1,])), trimws(as.character(Clean_data[2,])))
data_header = make.names(str_sub(data_header, 1,11))

Add the header

Clean_data = as.tbl(Clean_data[-1:-2,])
names(Clean_data) = data_header

Player ID and names are not even Player states and ranks are even

player_ID = seq(1,nrow(Clean_data),2)
state_rank = seq(2,nrow(Clean_data),2)

players = Clean_data[player_ID,]
state_ranks = select(Clean_data[state_rank,], State = Pair.Num, Pre.Rating = Player.Name)

Binding the coumns for wins, losses and draws.

players = bind_cols(players, state_ranks)

kable(players[1:5,])
Pair.Num Player.Name Total.Pts Round.1 Round.2 Round.3 Round.4 Round.5 Round.6 Round.7 State Pre.Rating
1 GARY HUA 6.0 W 39 W 21 W 18 W 14 W 7 D 12 D 4 ON 15445895 / R: 1794 >1817
2 DAKSHESH DARURI 6.0 W 63 W 58 L 4 W 17 W 16 W 20 W 7 MI 14598900 / R: 1553 >1663
3 ADITYA BAJAJ 6.0 L 8 W 61 W 25 W 21 W 11 W 13 W 12 MI 14959604 / R: 1384 >1640
4 PATRICK H SCHILLING 5.5 W 23 D 28 W 2 W 26 D 5 W 19 D 1 MI 12616049 / R: 1716 >1744
5 HANSHI ZUO 5.5 W 45 W 37 D 12 D 13 D 4 W 14 W 17 MI 14601533 / R: 1655 >1690

Further cleaning and processing

players = players %>% 
  mutate(Pre.Rating = str_replace(Pre.Rating,"\\d+\\s+/ R:\\s+","")) %>% 
  mutate(Pre.Rating = str_replace(Pre.Rating,"^[P].+|>.+","")) %>% 
  mutate(Pre.Rating = as.integer(str_extract(Pre.Rating, "\\d+"))) 

Formatting the Total points, Pair.Num, and Player.Name columns

players = players %>% 
  mutate(Total.Pts = as.numeric(Total.Pts),
         Pair.Num = parse_number(Pair.Num),
         Player.Name = trimws(Player.Name))

Transform data for easier aggregation

players = players %>%
  gather("Round","OppPairNum", 4:10) %>% 
  mutate(OppPairNum = parse_number(OppPairNum))
## Warning: 40 parsing failures.
## row col expected actual
##  37  -- a number      B
##  44  -- a number      B
##  53  -- a number      H
##  56  -- a number      H
## 123  -- a number      B
## ... ... ........ ......
## See problems(...) for more details.

Player pre-ratings

playerRatings = select(players, Pair.Num,OppPreRating = Pre.Rating) %>% distinct()
players = left_join(players, playerRatings, by = c("OppPairNum" = "Pair.Num"))
## Warning: Column `OppPairNum`/`Pair.Num` has different attributes on LHS and
## RHS of join
kable(players[1:8,] )
Pair.Num Player.Name Total.Pts State Pre.Rating Round OppPairNum OppPreRating
1 GARY HUA 6.0 ON 1794 Round.1 39 1436
2 DAKSHESH DARURI 6.0 MI 1553 Round.1 63 1175
3 ADITYA BAJAJ 6.0 MI 1384 Round.1 8 1641
4 PATRICK H SCHILLING 5.5 MI 1716 Round.1 23 1363
5 HANSHI ZUO 5.5 MI 1655 Round.1 45 1242
6 HANSEN SONG 5.0 OH 1686 Round.1 34 1399
7 GARY DEE SWATHELL 5.0 MI 1649 Round.1 57 1092
8 EZEKIEL HOUGHTON 5.0 MI 1641 Round.1 3 1384
players = players %>% 
  group_by(Player.Name) %>% 
  mutate(AvgOppPreRating = round(mean(OppPreRating, na.rm=T)))

Final Chess results

ChessResult = players %>% 
  select(Player.Name, Player.State = State, Total.Pts, Pre.Rating, AvgOppPreRating) %>% 
  ungroup() %>% 
  distinct()
kable(head(ChessResult))
Player.Name Player.State Total.Pts Pre.Rating AvgOppPreRating
GARY HUA ON 6.0 1794 1605
DAKSHESH DARURI MI 6.0 1553 1469
ADITYA BAJAJ MI 6.0 1384 1564
PATRICK H SCHILLING MI 5.5 1716 1574
HANSHI ZUO MI 5.5 1655 1501
HANSEN SONG OH 5.0 1686 1519

Write CSV in R

write.csv(ChessResult, file = "ChessResult.csv")