labs_replace: Replace item value names in a column by their labels

In volker: High-Level Functions for Tabulating, Charting and Reporting Survey Data

Replace item value names in a column by their labels

Description

Replace item value names in a column by their labels

Usage

labs_replace(
  data,
  col,
  codes,
  col_from = "value_name",
  col_to = "value_label",
  na.missing = FALSE
)

Arguments

data	A tibble.
col	The column holding item values.
codes	The codebook to use: A tibble with the columns value_name and value_label. Can be created by the codebook function, e.g. by calling codes <- codebook(data, myitemcolumn).
col_from	The tidyselect column with source values, defaults to value_name. If the column is not found in the codebook, the first column is used.
col_to	The tidyselect column with target values, defaults to value_label. If the column is not found in the codebook, the second column is used
na.missing	By default, the column is converted to a factor with levels combined from the codebook and the data. Set na.missing to TRUE to set all levels not found in the codes to NA.

Value

Tibble with new labels.

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