sort_by_key: Sort Rows by Key Sequence

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Sort Rows by Key Sequence

Description

This function sorts the dataset according to the key sequence found in the metacore object.

Usage

sort_by_key(data, metacore, dataset_name = deprecated())

Arguments

data	Dataset to sort
metacore	metacore object that contains the specifications for the dataset of interest.
dataset_name	Optional string to specify the dataset that is being built. This is only needed if the metacore object provided hasn't already been subsetted. Note: Deprecated in version 0.2.0. The dataset_name argument will be removed in a future release. Please use metacore::select_dataset to subset the metacore object to obtain metadata for a single dataset.

Value

dataset with ordered columns

Examples

library(metacore)
library(haven)
library(magrittr)
load(metacore_example("pilot_ADaM.rda"))
spec <- metacore %>% select_dataset("ADSL")
data <- read_xpt(metatools_example("adsl.xpt"))
sort_by_key(data, spec)

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