make_alphanumeric_conversion: Convert Between Alphabetical and Numeric Responses

In scaledescr: Descriptive, Reliability, and Inferential Tables for Psychometric Scales and Demographic Data

Convert Between Alphabetical and Numeric Responses

Description

Converts specified columns between alphabetical (text) and numeric values. Can either overwrite existing columns or create new ones.

Usage

make_alphanumeric_conversion(
  data,
  column_vars,
  from_values,
  to_values,
  new_names = NULL,
  case_sensitive = FALSE
)

Arguments

data	A data frame.
column_vars	Character vector of column names to convert.
from_values	Vector of values to replace (character or numeric).
to_values	Vector of replacement values (must be same length as from_values).
new_names	Optional character vector of new column names. If NULL (default), original columns are overwritten.
case_sensitive	Logical. Only relevant when converting character values. Default is FALSE.

Details

Factors are automatically converted to character before matching. Unmatched values become NA with a warning.

Value

A data frame with converted values.

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