R/drop_na_at.R

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#' Drop missing values at columns that match a given pattern
#' @description Provides a simple yet efficient way to drop missing values("NA"s) at
#' columns that match a given pattern.
#' @param df A data.frame object
#' @param pattern_type One of "contains", "ends_with" or "starts_with"
#' @param pattern The type of pattern to use when matching the pattern_type. The pattern is case sensitive
#' @param ... Other params to other methods
#' @inheritParams recode_as_na
#' @return A data.frame object containing only columns that match the given pattern with the missing values removed.
#' @examples
#' head(drop_na_at(airquality,pattern_type = "starts_with","O"))
#' @export

drop_na_at <- function(df, pattern_type="contains",pattern=NULL,
                       case_sensitive=FALSE,...){
  UseMethod("drop_na_at")
}

#' @export

drop_na_at.data.frame <- function(df, pattern_type="contains",pattern=NULL,case_sensitive=FALSE,...){


res<-df[recode_selectors(df,column_check=TRUE,pattern_type=pattern_type,pattern=pattern,
                           case_sensitive = case_sensitive,...)]

na_counts <- get_na_counts(res)
na_counts_test <-all(na_counts == unname(na_counts[[1]]))

if(!na_counts_test){

  stop("Unequal number of missing values, cannot rebind data. Please check with get_na_counts first")

}

final_res <- as.data.frame(stats::na.omit(res))

row.names(final_res) <- 1:nrow(final_res)
final_res




}