rw_fac: Renames levels on Momocs objects

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Renames levels on Momocs objects

Description

rw_fac stands for 'rewriting rule'. Typically useful to correct typos at the import, or merge some levels within covariates. Drops levels silently.

Usage

rw_fac(x, fac, from, to)

Arguments

x	any Momocs object
fac	the id of the name of the $fac column to look for (fac_dispatcher not yet supported)
from	which level(s) should be renamed; passed as a single or several characters
to	which name should be used to rename this/these levels

Value

a Momocs object of the same class

See Also

Other handling functions: arrange(), at_least(), chop(), combine(), dissolve(), fac_dispatcher(), filter(), mutate(), rename(), rescale(), rm_harm(), rm_missing(), rm_uncomplete(), sample_frac(), sample_n(), select(), slice(), subsetize()

Examples

# single renaming
rw_fac(bot, "type", "whisky", "agua_de_fuego")$type # 1 instead of "type" is fine too
# several renaming
bot2 <- mutate(bot, fake=factor(rep(letters[1:4], 10)))
rw_fac(bot2, "fake", c("a", "e"), "ae")$fake

Momocs documentation built on Nov. 13, 2023, 5:07 p.m.