decompose_taxon_code: Decompose taxon letter codes

In SoilTaxonomy: A System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys

Decompose taxon letter codes

Description

Find all codes that logically comprise the specified codes. For instance, code "ABC" ("Anhyturbels") returns "A" ("Gelisols"), "AB" ("Turbels"), "ABC" ("Anhyturbels"). Use in conjunction with a lookup table that maps Order, Suborder, Great Group and Subgroup taxa to their codes (see taxon_code_to_taxon and taxon_to_taxon_code).

Usage

decompose_taxon_code(codes)

Arguments

codes

A character vector of taxon codes to "decompose" – case sensitive

Details

Accounts for Keys that run out of capital letters (more than 26 subgroups) and use lowercase letters for a unique subdivision within the "fourth character position."

Value

A list with equal length to input vector; one character vector per element

See Also

preceding_taxon_codes, taxon_code_to_taxon, taxon_to_taxon_code

Examples

decompose_taxon_code(c("ABC", "ABCDe", "BCDEf"))

SoilTaxonomy documentation built on Nov. 17, 2023, 1:07 a.m.