check_subject_ids: Check whether the subject IDs comply with the expected...

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Check whether the subject IDs comply with the expected format. When incorrect IDs are found, the function sends a warning and the user can call the correct_subject_ids function to correct them.

Description

Check whether the subject IDs comply with the expected format. When incorrect IDs are found, the function sends a warning and the user can call the correct_subject_ids function to correct them.

Usage

check_subject_ids(
  data,
  target_columns,
  prefix = NULL,
  suffix = NULL,
  range = NULL,
  nchar = NULL
)

Arguments

data	The input <data.frame> or <linelist>
target_columns	A <vector> of column names with the subject ids.
prefix	A <character> with the expected prefix used in the subject IDs
suffix	A <character> with the expected suffix used in the subject IDs
range	A <vector> with the expected range of numbers in the subject IDs
nchar	An <integer> that represents the expected number of characters in the subject ids.

Value

The input dataset with a warning if incorrect subject ids were found

Examples

dat <- check_subject_ids(
  data = readRDS(
    system.file("extdata", "test_df.RDS", package = "cleanepi")
  ),
  target_columns = "study_id",
  prefix = "PS",
  suffix = "P2",
  range = c(1, 100),
  nchar = 7
)

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