define: Apply metadata and code transformations to a data.table

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Apply metadata and code transformations to a data.table

Description

This function applies metadata and code transformations to a data.table if provided. It checks if the metadata and codes are supplied as vectors of column names.

Usage

define(
  x,
  metadata_cols = find_meta_cols(x),
  codes_cols = find_binary_cols(x),
  horizon_cols = NULL,
  units_cols = NULL
)

Arguments

x	A data.table. The data.table to be transformed.
metadata_cols	A vector of column names or NULL. A vector specifying the columns for metadata transformations.
codes_cols	A vector of column names or NULL. A vector specifying the columns for code transformations.
horizon_cols	A vector of column names or NULL. A vector specifying the columns for horizon transformations.
units_cols	A vector of column names or NULL. A vector specifying the columns for unit transformations.

Value

The modified data.table after applying the metadata and code transformations.

Examples

library(data.table)
dt <- data.table(a = 1:5, b = 6:10)
dt <- define(dt, metadata = c("a"), codes = c("b"))

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