R/exist.cohort.R

Defines functions exist.cohort

Documented in exist.cohort

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#' Function to extract if a cohort exists
#'
#' Function to extract if a cohort exists
#' @param population Population list
#' @param cohort Cohort to check if it is contained in the population list
#' @examples
#' data(ex_pop)
#' exist.cohort(ex_pop, cohort = "StrangeName_42")
#' exist.cohort(ex_pop, cohort = "Cohort_1_M")
#' @return TRUE/FALSE
#' @export
#'
exist.cohort <- function(population, cohort){
  cohorts  <- get.cohorts(population)
  if(sum(cohorts==cohort)==1){
    return(TRUE)
  } else if(sum(cohorts==cohort)==0){
    return(FALSE)
  } else{
    stop("Cohort issue!")
  }
}

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