finputn: Apply Numeric Invalue by Name (like 'SAS' INPUTN)

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Apply Numeric Invalue by Name (like 'SAS' INPUTN)

Description

Looks up a numeric INVALUE format by name from the global format library and applies it to convert labels to numeric values.

Usage

finputn(x, invalue_name)

Arguments

x	Character vector of labels to convert
invalue_name	Character. Name of a registered INVALUE format.

Value

Numeric vector

Examples

# Create numeric invalue and apply
finput(
  "Male" = 1,
  "Female" = 2,
  name = "sex_inv"
)
finputn(c("Male", "Female", "Male", "Unknown", "Female"), "sex_inv")
# [1]  1  2  1 NA  2
fclear()

# Parse invalue from text and apply
fparse(text = '
INVALUE race_inv
  "White" = 1
  "Black" = 2
  "Asian" = 3
;
')
finputn(c("White", "Black"), "race_inv")
# [1] 1 2
fclear()

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