termco_c: Combine Columns from a termco Object

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Combine Columns from a termco Object

Description

Combines the columns of a termco object. Generally intended for internal use but documented for completeness.

Usage

termco_c(
  termco.object,
  combined.columns,
  new.name,
  short.term = TRUE,
  zero.replace = NULL,
  elim.old = TRUE,
  percent = NULL,
  digits = 2
)

Arguments

termco.object	An object generated by either termco, termco_d or termco_c.
combined.columns	The names/indexes of the columns to be combined.
new.name	A character vector of length one to name the new combined column.
short.term	logical. If TRUE column names are trimmed versions of the match list, otherwise the terms are wrapped with 'term(phrase)'
zero.replace	Value to replace zeros with.
elim.old	logical. If TRUE eliminates the columns that are combined together by the named match.list.
percent	logical. If TRUE output given as percent. If FALSE the output is proportion.
digits	Integer; number of decimal places to round when printing.

Value

Returns a return a list, of class "termco", of data frames and information regarding word counts:

raw	raw word counts by grouping variable
prop	proportional word counts by grouping variable; proportional to each individual's word use
rnp	a character combination data frame of raw and proportional
zero_replace	value to replace zeros with; mostly internal use
percent	The value of percent used for plotting purposes.
digits	integer value od number of digits to display; mostly internal use

See Also

termco

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