removeValLabels: Remove value labels and missing tags.

In eatGADS: Data Management of Large Hierarchical Data

Remove value labels and missing tags.

Description

Remove meta data for specific values (value) of a single variable (varName). This includes value labels and missings tags.

Usage

removeValLabels(GADSdat, varName, value, valLabel = NULL)

Arguments

GADSdat	GADSdat object imported via eatGADS.
varName	Character string of a variable name.
value	Numeric values.
valLabel	[optional] Regular expressions in the value labels corresponding to value.

Details

If the argument valLabel is provided, the function checks for value and valLabel pairs in the meta data that match both arguments.

Value

Returns the GADSdat object with changed meta data.

Examples

# Remove a label based on value
extractMeta(pisa, "schtype")
pisa2 <- removeValLabels(pisa, varName = "schtype", value = 1)
extractMeta(pisa2, "schtype")

# Remove multiple labels based on value
extractMeta(pisa, "schtype")
pisa3 <- removeValLabels(pisa, varName = "schtype", value = 1:3)
extractMeta(pisa3, "schtype")

# Remove multiple labels based on value - valLabel combination
extractMeta(pisa, "schtype")
pisa4 <- removeValLabels(pisa, varName = "schtype",
                        value = 1:3, valLabel = c("Gymnasium", "other", "several courses"))
extractMeta(pisa4, "schtype")

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