calculate_age_from_year: Function to calculate age from year of birth

In IPDFileCheck: Basic Functions to Check Readability, Consistency, and Content of an Individual Participant Data File

Description

Function to calculate age from year of birth

Usage

calculate_age_from_year(data, columnname, endyearcol = NULL, nrcode = NA)

Arguments

data	a data frame
columnname	name of column corresponding to year of birth
endyearcol	name of column where the year is entered to calculate the age upto, by default its the current year
nrcode	non response code corresponding to date of birth

Value

data, if success error if failure

Examples

this.data.frame <- data.frame(c(1951, 1980), c("John", "Dora"))
colnames(this.data.frame) <- c("yob", "name")
calculate_age_from_year(this.data.frame, "yob", NULL, NA)

IPDFileCheck documentation built on Feb. 1, 2022, 9:07 a.m.