RECODE: Recode a variable.

In bruceR: Broadly Useful Convenient and Efficient R Functions

Recode a variable.

Description

A wrapper of car::recode().

Usage

RECODE(var, recodes)

Arguments

var	Variable (numeric, character, or factor).
recodes	A character string definine the rule of recoding. e.g., "lo:1=0; c(2,3)=1; 4=2; 5:hi=3; else=999"

Value

A vector of recoded variable.

Examples

d = data.table(var=c(NA, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6))
added(d, {
  var.new = RECODE(var, "lo:1=0; c(2,3)=1; 4=2; 5:hi=3; else=999")
})
d

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