fputc: Apply Character Format by Name (like 'SAS' PUTC)

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Apply Character Format by Name (like 'SAS' PUTC)

Description

Looks up a character VALUE format by name from the global format library and applies it to the input vector.

Usage

fputc(x, format_name, ...)

Arguments

x	Character vector of values to format
format_name	Character. Name of a registered character format, or a character vector of format names (same length as x) to apply a different format per element (like 'SAS' PUTC with a variable format).
...	Additional arguments passed to fput for expression labels (mapped to .x1, .x2, etc.).

Value

Character vector with formatted labels

Examples

# Apply character format by name
fnew("M" = "Male", "F" = "Female", name = "sex")
fputc(c("M", "F"), "sex")
# [1] "Male" "Female"

# Bidirectional: forward direction
fnew_bid(
  "A" = "Active",
  "I" = "Inactive",
  "P" = "Pending",
  name = "status"
)
fputc(c("A", "I", "P", "A"), "status")
# [1] "Active" "Inactive" "Pending" "Active"
fclear()

ksformat documentation built on May 21, 2026, 9:07 a.m.