prep_add_to_meta: Support function to augment metadata during data quality...
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prep_add_to_meta

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Support function to augment metadata during data quality reporting

Description

adds an annotation to static metadata

Usage

prep_add_to_meta(
  VAR_NAMES,
  DATA_TYPE,
  LABEL,
  VALUE_LABELS,
  meta_data = "item_level",
  ...
)

Arguments

`VAR_NAMES`	character Names of the Variables to add
`DATA_TYPE`	character Data type for the added variables
`LABEL`	character Labels for these variables
`VALUE_LABELS`	character Value labels for the values of the variables as usually pipe separated and assigned with `=`: `1 = male \| 2 = female`
`meta_data`	data.frame the metadata to extend
`...`	Further defined variable attributes, see prep_create_meta

Details

Add metadata e.g. of transformed/new variable This function is not yet considered stable, but we already export it, because it could help. Therefore, we have some inconsistencies in the formals still.