checkdatastr: Checks data structure

In biogeo: Point Data Quality Assessment and Coordinate Conversion

Description

Checks the data structure to see which of the required columns are missing from the dataframe

Usage

checkdatastr(dat)

Arguments

dat	a dataframe containing several columns, including the x- and y-coordinates

Details

Several functions require a particular set of columns with specific names. The required fields are: ID, x, y, Species, x_original, y_original, Correction, Modified, Reason and Exclude. Required fields that are missing can be added using addmainfields.

Value

returns a dataframe of two columns, one containing the names of the required fields (Field) and the other (Present) indicating whether or not that field is present (TRUE or FALSE)

Author(s)

Mark Robertson and Vernon Visser

See Also

addmainfields, renamefields, keepmainfields

Examples

data(dat)
a<-checkdatastr(dat)

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