change_case: Change case of column names

In FAOSTAT: Download Data from the FAOSTAT Database

Change case of column names

Description

Columns from FAOSTAT frequently have parentheses and other non-alphanumeric characters. This suite of functions seeks to give control over these names for easier data analysis

Usage

change_case(
  old_names,
  new_case = c("make.names", "unsanitised", "unsanitized", "snake_case"),
  ...
)

Arguments

old_names	character. Vector of the names to be changed
new_case	character. Choice of new names: make_names - (default) use the make.names function in R to sanitise names unsanitised/unsanitized - Return names as they are snake_case - Names are converted to lowercase and separators are replaced with underscores
...	extra arguments to pass to sanitisation function (only works for make.names)

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