speedy_varnames: Quickly generate a vector of new variable names

In speedycode: Automate Code for Adding Labels, Recoding and Renaming Variables, and Converting ASCII Files

Quickly generate a vector of new variable names

Description

speedy_varnames generates a vector of new, generic variable names beginning with a given character value through the number of new names desired. This is espeically useful for converting ASCII files when a large number of new variable names must be created.

Usage

speedy_varnames(prefix = "Q", first_number = 1, last_number = 25)

Arguments

prefix	A character value to precede all of the new variable names
first_number	The beginning number of the new variable name vector
last_number	The final number of the new variable name vector

Value

A vector of new variable names

Note

If using this function for ASCII conversions, you can paste the new vector of names into the col_names argument of the 'read_rpr' function.

Author(s)

Jacob Harris

Examples

speedy_varnames("Q", 1, 25)

speedycode documentation built on March 31, 2022, 9:06 a.m.