table_removeColumn: Remove a column of metadata in a table

View source: R/table_removeColumn.R

table_removeColumnR Documentation

Remove a column of metadata in a table

Description

Remove the column matching columnName. This function can be used in pipelines.

Usage

table_removeColumn(locationTbl = NULL, columnName = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

locationTbl

Tibble of known locations.

columnName

Name of the colun to be removed.

verbose

Logical controlling the generation of progress messages.

Value

Updated tibble of known locations.

See Also

table_addColumn

table_removeColumn

Examples

library(MazamaLocationUtils)

# Starting table
locationTbl <- get(data("wa_monitors_500")) 
names(locationTbl)

# Add a new column
locationTbl <-
  locationTbl %>%
  table_addColumn("AQSID")
  
names(locationTbl)

# Now remove it
locationTbl <-
  locationTbl %>%
  table_removeColumn("AQSID")

names(locationTbl)

try({
  # Cannot remove "core" metadata
  locationTbl <-
    locationTbl %>%
    table_removeColumn("longitude")
}, silent = FALSE)


MazamaLocationUtils documentation built on Sept. 11, 2024, 9:08 p.m.