update_field_names: Update metadata field names for checkbox handling

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Update metadata field names for checkbox handling

Description

Takes a db_metadata object and:

• replaces checkbox field rows with a set of rows, one for each checkbox option

• appends a field_name_updated field to the end for checkbox variable handling

• updates field_label for any new checkbox rows to include the specific option in "field_label: option label" format

• strips html and field embedding logic from field_label

Usage

update_field_names(db_metadata)

Arguments

db_metadata

The REDCap metadata output defined by REDCapR::redcap_metadata_read()$data

Details

Assumes db_metadata:

• has non-zero number of rows

• contains field_name and field_label columns

Value

Column db_metadata with field_name_updated appended and field_label updated for new rows corresponding to checkbox options

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