changeSPSSformat: Change SPSS format.

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Change SPSS format.

Description

Change the SPSS format of one or multiple variables as part of a GADSdat object.

Usage

changeSPSSformat(GADSdat, varName, format)

Arguments

GADSdat	GADSdat object imported via eatGADS.
varName	Character vector of variable names.
format	A single string containing the new SPSS format, for example 'A25' or 'F10'.

Details

Applied to a GADSdat or all_GADSdat object, this function is a wrapper of getChangeMeta and applyChangeMeta.

SPSS format is supplied following SPSS logic. 'A' represents character variables, 'F' represents numeric variables. The number following this letter represents the maximum width. Optionally, another number can be added after a dot, representing the number of decimals in case of a numeric variable. For instance, 'F8.2' is used for a numeric variable with a maximum width of 8 with 2 decimal numbers.

Value

Returns the GADSdat object with changed meta data..

Examples

# change SPSS format for a single variable (numeric variable with no decimals)
pisa2 <- changeSPSSformat(pisa, varName = "idstud",
                          format = "F10.0")

# change SPSS format for multiple variables (numeric variable with no decimals)
pisa2 <- changeSPSSformat(pisa, varName = c("idstud", "idschool"),
                          format = "F10.0")

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