clean_dataset: Clean Dataset

In clinCompare: Dataset Comparison with 'CDISC' Validation for Clinical Trial Data

Clean Dataset

Description

Removes duplicate rows, standardizes column names and text values to uppercase or lowercase, and performs basic data cleaning on a data frame.

Usage

clean_dataset(
  df,
  variables = NULL,
  remove_duplicates = TRUE,
  convert_to_case = NULL
)

Arguments

df	A data frame to be cleaned.
variables	Optional; a vector of variable names to specifically clean. If NULL, applies cleaning to all variables.
remove_duplicates	Logical; whether to remove duplicate rows.
convert_to_case	Optional; convert character variables to "lower" or "upper" case.

Value

A cleaned data frame.

Examples

  df <- data.frame(name = c("Alice", "Bob", "Alice"),
                   score = c(90, 85, 90),
                   stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
  clean_dataset(df, remove_duplicates = TRUE, convert_to_case = "upper")

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